Oyster Field in Zhuhai

On 8th November 2008, Johnny's parents and our good friends drove us to Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, China to visit the oyster field and had lunch in the restaurant right by there. Zhuhai is right next to Macao in southern China. We have not been in any oyster field before and therefore it was an eye-opening experience for us.

Our lunch in that restaurant was wonderful too. All dishes we ordered were oyster-related somehow, oyster soup, roasted oyster, oyster with cheese, etc. There were many people there enjoying oyster dishes and we believe most of them concerned only the taste of the dishes. For us, we wish there was some educational displays so that we could learn something about growing oyster. It would be really nice if we had a chance to learn why there were sticks in the water for growing oyster. Why did those sticks arrange in retanglar shape? How could the farmer/fisherman pick oyster in the water?

Dragon Kite in Guangzhou

On 31st October 2008, the Halloween day, we did not stay home for trick and treat. Instead, we traveled to Guangzhou, China. That day, we visited the Yuntai Garden to check out the famous Chinese kites in display there.

Among the numerous kites in the garden, there were 2 huge dragon kites by the front gate, one yellow and one red. This photo shows the yellow one. The dragon head itself is about 3 meters tall. Its tail which is not shown in the picture is about 20 meters long. We believe that this kite can fly. However, it will probably take many people to do it together. Unfortunately, we did not have a chance to the dragon kite flying in the sky. Otherwise, it would have been wonderful.