The heat was getting to us inspite of the hats we were given, the hand fans and the numerous slices of watermelong. I wished they would just give us some ice cold drinks. I saw Coca Cola and so wanted it but as we were accompanied by the politicians, I dared not in case they offered to pay for it or something. Hehehehehe!
Final stop at the Lake is something even more impressive. We saw a fortress coming up and truth enough we stopped there. While photography is great, the heat is not. We had to climb innumerable steps, one flight after another. Stop, photo, wiped sweat, drink water and climb some more. They gave us this tiny bottle of chinese herbs that you are supposed to peel the cap and then put into your bottle of mineral water, shake and drink - supposedly cooling but it is so bitter!
Once we reached more or less the top, it was time to rest - watermelons again - and then made our way down. Good thing we didn't continue with Lake Boat anymore. We stopped at ground floor and went inside the fortress. There is restaurant. So it is yet another round of numerous foods, beer and chinese tea. The highlights is goose liver (good thing I am used to liver), cured duck meat, a plate of veg cut nicely (all cooling like cucumber, turnips) except for something flat and rubbery but tastes like paper, chicken claws, green chillies fried with garlic and onions (?!?!?!), flat sesame round shaped snacks and of course, the fresh water fish (sigh!)
Once done, we hopped into waiting cars and continued the drive around the lake to stop everywhere but in cars. Each time we got out, we started to sweat within 1 minute (I kid you not).
Highlights include a hike up (a wee hike) some hill to see some ancient looking building and then some religious relic with sweet mountain spring water (tasted it) and then we left the lake to visit other attractions in the other side of the city
Highlights here include a new development where the streetlights are all solar or wind powered (very cool), lotus farms, a mountainside filled with supposedly original antique excavated sculptured scattered everywhere (!), and yet one more something that looked like a movie set, and for sun set, we went to somewhere that appeared to be lots of rocks with shrubs shooting out but great sunset as we have view of sun and moon at the same time
Do I need to tell you about dinner? It's at our hotel this time and yet again, it is the huge banquet but hey, tonight, at least the cooking evident is of a higher caliber than last night - less dishes but ultimately much much nicer
Bed time!
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