I'm falling ahead, jumping behind, losing my feet. Sick in the head, dumb in the gut, unable to speak
I'm trying not to fall asleep while I'm writing this, so if it is different or more odd than other posts, bear with me.
This morning after waking up and getting ready, the whole extended family drove out to see one of the great wonders of the ancient world that no one has ever heard of. It is a canal system that was built by Qin Shi Huang Di, the same emperor whose tomb and palace look alike I visited in Xi'an. The same emperor who had the Terra Cotta Warriors buried to protect him in the after life in 200 BC.
While he was working to conquer all of China he needed a way to transport his troops from place to place, but going over rivers and through mountains took too long. Instead he built giant canal systems in the north to transport his troops on. When he started conquering people to the south the rivers didn't all connect. To solve the problem he had a canal built between the Yangtze River and the Lijiang River so that he could travel all the way to the furthest places in the south of China. Hence the saying around here is: In the north there is the Great Wall, in the south there is the Lijiang Diversion, meaning that this canal system is every bit as great as the Great Wall, especially since it has been in use ever since Qin Shi Huang Di finished building it in 200 BC.
After walking around, taking pictures, and having fun, we went out to lunch at a hotpot restaurant. We ate for over an hour before we drove back home.
Tonight was a special treat. We went to a Chinese Medicine Hospital and had our feet and legs washed with tea and other... stuff... and then got full body massages. It is because of that that I am trying to stay awake as I type this. It really felt good, but it made me really tired. I think I'll be feeling great in the morning, and it's off for another day of playing.
This morning after waking up and getting ready, the whole extended family drove out to see one of the great wonders of the ancient world that no one has ever heard of. It is a canal system that was built by Qin Shi Huang Di, the same emperor whose tomb and palace look alike I visited in Xi'an. The same emperor who had the Terra Cotta Warriors buried to protect him in the after life in 200 BC.
While he was working to conquer all of China he needed a way to transport his troops from place to place, but going over rivers and through mountains took too long. Instead he built giant canal systems in the north to transport his troops on. When he started conquering people to the south the rivers didn't all connect. To solve the problem he had a canal built between the Yangtze River and the Lijiang River so that he could travel all the way to the furthest places in the south of China. Hence the saying around here is: In the north there is the Great Wall, in the south there is the Lijiang Diversion, meaning that this canal system is every bit as great as the Great Wall, especially since it has been in use ever since Qin Shi Huang Di finished building it in 200 BC.
After walking around, taking pictures, and having fun, we went out to lunch at a hotpot restaurant. We ate for over an hour before we drove back home.
Tonight was a special treat. We went to a Chinese Medicine Hospital and had our feet and legs washed with tea and other... stuff... and then got full body massages. It is because of that that I am trying to stay awake as I type this. It really felt good, but it made me really tired. I think I'll be feeling great in the morning, and it's off for another day of playing.
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