Last weekend I went to visit my roommate’s family in a village in Taishan city. Therefore, I was unable to write nor submit any blog that weekend due to the internet regulations. However, as I promised, I want to share my experience during that weekend on my blog.
It took us almost six hours to get to my roommate’s family’s house. It was a long trip by bus, but a nice trip as well. We took the bus in Hong Kon’s new territories, went through the Shenzhen border, where we waited for another bus which took us to Taishang city, where we waited for her brother to pick us up.
People in the village were kind and welcoming, and the language that they speak is a dialect called Taishanese. Everything they eat is fresh, since they have land where they cultivated vegetables and rice. My roommate was telling me that I was the first foreigner to visit their village and she was as excited as I was for the trip.
Village people love to bound together at breakfast and talk which is similar to what we do in my culture. We like to get together, share meals (as if we were a big family). That’s why these past weekends I ate a lot of food. Many people, especially elders were always trying to feed me food. I also tried some delicious had made sweet tofu and street food.
Overall, it was a beautiful experience and I am pleased with the decision I made visiting the mainland last weekend. I learned so much about the life in a village and also how much they appreciated family and friends gathering. I am going back this weekend, so my next blog will also not be posted over the weekend as I usually do. Since it was a hot weekend I couldn’t do much out-side exploring, but I will try this weekend if the weather allows it. Bye, follow the next blog!
