Knobcottage in China

I reckoned it was about time I did something in return for the kindness that parklady has shown me, so this morning I texted her and asked if she had had breakfast.  I got a photo back, and a message "No need" she said, "I'm by the river doing yoga...Would you like to learn it?". Of course!  So off I popped, and sure enough there she was doing yoga. She smiled and continued. However, the woman in the river nearby (in the background of the photo above), washing her chilli's, not a euphemism, didn't look so comfortable with my presence as she had tied her skirt up and was sitting on a plastic bag on a rock in the river, knickers on full display.  For your information Chinese knickers are, so I am told, usually, 'shorts style' knickers, as in the picture, so it wasn't too embarrassing for her! Anyway I watched for a while, the yoga, not the woman in her knickers, and eventually the yoga ended.  She called her friend over.  Her frie...

Shrika is not happy here yet.  So i took her out to meet the locals.  We went to the little shop nearby and several people stared.  I invited themto take photos.  They were happy...even Sherika smiled. left to right (in case you couldnt work it out!) A local, me and Sherika I then took her to meet woodshopman.  She didn't seem to keen but, the more contacts you make in China the better.  As is the custom, he offered tea.  Sherika told me that she had already had on e cup today and didn't want anymore.  I explained this to woodshopman.  He produced some camomile tea,, but Sherika did not want any.  I drank tea and Sherikas recited some English words  fro a book to woodshopman's son.  After abut ten minutes Sherika looked bored and said that she wanted to go and buy her cabbage, the reason we had come out in the first place, and go home.  I offered my apologies and we walked out of the shop and down the street.  S...