Day 11 - Saturday

The tour guide told us yesterday night that there will be music played through the PA system to wake us up however; we could not hear anything in the morning. Later we found out that only the people on the 4th floor can hear the sound. If not for the tour guide whom knocked on my room door I and my roommate kangliang will still be sleeping. The temperature in the room is extremely cold as the heater in my room is not working. There are a lot of people outside my room as my room is located just beside the place where we have our meal. I wanted to bath but the water is way too cold so I decided to skip it. After I washed up, I went to have breakfast. The breakfast is very normal. The dishes are also not very nice. The porridge is bland plus the boiled egg is also very cold. The only dish that is nice is the peanuts. As there is still time, we went back to our room to slack and rest for a while before we take another boat to Shen Nong which takes about one hour plus. The scenery there is very nice and the air is very fresh. The mountains are also very high and the water in the river is also crystal clear. We can see what is at the bottom of the river. To get a better view of Shen Nong Jiang, we sit a small wooden boat. The people who rowed the boat are all very strong. They are all well build. Last time the people who rolled the boat do not wear any clothes thus many of them injured themselves because the boat is too heavy to pull. Now their attire is short pants and shirt and they wear grass shoe. There is a part of the river which is very narrow. The people have to get down the boat. Before they get down, they must attach a rope to the boat and pull the boat to direct us through the narrow course. The people who lived here lead a very carefree. They must have trained about for a very long time in order to pull a boat with a lot of people which weigh about 500kg. After the tour, we went back to our room and slept for a while before we went for our lunch. Almost all the dishes are spicy and the fish is full of bone. At about 7 plus, we went to the temple. In order to go up to the temple, we need to climb all a lot stairs. Once we reached there, the people there offer us joss stick to pray. I donated 10 yuan to the temple. The flight of steps is like never ending I climbed until my legs become very tired and my leg start to ache. Once we reached the top, we listen to the story about the three kingdoms and the tour guide tells us about the history of the three kingdoms. As the history part is too boring me Diyana, kangliang and arvind went around taking pictures. We had dinner quite late. After that we went back to our room to sleep.