Adam and I rode a bus for 3 hours to Kaili. It was beautiful country to see but we were both trying not to vom the whole time. We were winding our way up to Kaili the whole time. Our bus would pass on blind passes- they give a little honk to let oncoming traffic know- going too fast for those kind of roads. But we made it safely, passing only one accident. It was amazing to see the rice terraces and see people farming them with their ox. When we got to Kaili we were trying to find a McDonalds to get some fast lunch.....but there was no McDonalds for the rest of the Southern China trip until Kunming(the last city we saw). You know it is pretty underdeveloped if there isn't a Mcdonalds or even a KFC(yuck). So we skipped on lunch and got a taxi to take us to the Miao Minority village where we would be staying that night. Another crazy ride. We went SO fast back and forth through the switch backs. Again the scenery was amazing seeing the rice terraces and minority village after minority village. Adam was hoping that they would speak his dialect of Hmong, but they didn't. When we got to the village we stayed with a family. They made up some lunch of spicy cabbage soup, it was pretty tasty! We then went to a ethnic dance. It was really really cold but it was fun to experience a little of their culture. They did a beer dance and they tried to give Adam some beer, after that we walked around the village and bought a few things. That night was so COLD! I had two pairs of leggings, Jeans, 5 pairs of socks, 2 shirts, coat, scarf, hat, and gloves, Adam had his jeans, 2 shirts, sweater, coat, and beanie. We had a heater blanket on the bottom of us and 5 blankets and we were in a cold sweat the whole night! We hung out with some of the girls from the village and Adam chatted with them. They loved talking to him. We were so cold that we went to our room at seven and got under the covers, we watched a movie on our i-pod and then fell asleep!!
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