I started a list of my day excursions I planed to pack my last month with visiting all of these sights, I really wanted to see some Chinese mountains that are in the Chinese paintings. I wanted to go to: Jingdong Forest George Scenic Area, Jingdong Karst Cave, Jingdong Grand Canyon, Yunmeng Mountain National Forest Park, Shenglian Mountain Scenic Area, Qinglong Gorge Scenic Area, Jiufeng National Forest Park, Shangfang Mountain National Park, Guyaju Scenic Area(Ancient Cliffside Residence) and Tanzhe Temple.
I planned to see Yunmeng Mountain National Forest Park today. Yes past tense, as all these plans are foiled by unsafeness that I should not be allowed to travel outside the city alone for fear of being adopted(I think this is their weird way of saying kidnapped).
My in-laws are too old to travel, nor do they want to go anyway. Really how am I to make friends when I'm accompanied to and from picking the boys up straight to the school and home again. I see pregnant women and old nosy women on a regular basis. The 2 women I met that do speak English and were friendly I only saw a few times in passing even though they live in the same complex. You are not supposed to talk to those you don't know. As I don't want some nosy old busy body knowing my business, just how am I supposed to make a friend?
So now I'm p-i-ss-e-d and want to go home. Really how safe is the National park when it costs 60 rmb to get in, vs all the nooks and crannies in the vast Metropolis of Beijing that a person could be stashed? I think staying here is less safe. But I'm just the foreigner here.
How I miss my beloved Japan and being able to travel freely and not feel they are all out to get me. 34 more days and counting. And now you know why I've made friends with retail therapy.
Tanzhe Temple
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