Zhuhai!

We finally went to Zhuhai!  Sharon has been wanting to take us to Zhuhai for a couple of months now, and we finally went this past weekend.  Zhuhai is the beach, known as the "chocolate beach."  The water is not very clean and it looks like chocolate.  Even though this was the case, we still had a lot of fun!  It was fun to be able to walk along the beach.  While we were walking, it started to rain.  It made the whole experience that much more enjoyable.  It also was neat because we have now seen the beach!  We live only 20 minutes away from Zhuhai and we hadn't seen the coast since the first day we arrived to Zhongshan, China.  We took a couple of pictures by this statue that we went to.  I am not really sure what the statue means, in matter of fact, I have no idea at all.  I did however, decide to pose by the it.  That was sweet!  Zhuhai is a pretty big city, we even found a Starbucks.  We of course had to stop by, and I got a vanilla frappuccino.  It was delicious!  Did you know that they have cinnamon and nutmeg shakers that you can put in your frappuccino??  Because I sure didn't, but now that might be the only way that I can drink mine.  Sharon also bought us cake poppers while we were there.  She is such a nice lady, and she always makes sure that we were treated well.  This was our last time with Sharon.  She is such a great person!  I am so glad that we had the opportunity to meet her and her family.  She was very kind to us and helped us experience a different aspect of the Chinese culture.  I loved being able to get to know her and spend time with her. 

Two quick funny stories that happened with Sharon while we were in Zhuhai:
First, she explained to us that she loves to gamble.  She loves to play the game "panda."  She goes to Macau once a month which is like the Las Vegas of China.  She was trying to explain to us what she had won.  She proceeds to pull out a $1000 HKD from her purse.  We were all in shock when she did this.  She then tells us that she had won 20 of them!  We were a little confused, and we didn't really understand what she was saying.  She then starts pulling out 20, $1000 HKD from her purse.  Sharon was just holding $20,000 HKD in her purse like it was no big deal.  She had definitely won the jackpot.
Second, on our way home from Zhuhai... Sharon may or may have not started to fall asleep.  Okay, she started to fall asleep.  I was watching her through the rear view window and her eyes were drifting off.  I was scared for my life.  Asian drivers are not good as it is, and to have our driver falling asleep was bad!  Speaking of Asian drivers, you don't have to take a driving class to get your license.  You don't have to take a test either.  All you do is pay the fee and you are a legalized driver.  Scary right??!?  So in order to make sure that Sharon did not fall asleep, we started singing really loud in her car.  I think that she enjoyed it because Sharon started singing along.  She has such a beautiful voice and it was so much fun because we were able to hear some Chinese songs. 

Wo ai ni, Sharon!    

oh and I almost forgot!  I failed to mention that the rattle snake I tried was from a "snake farm". phew.. glad they didn't catch it out in the wild.