Wifi in Hohhot!

Hohhot Photos

Shark over the People's Park!

Ho Ho Hohhot

Parakeets and Rabbits in the People's Park?????

This little guy sat down with Suzie and me, just smiling and looking at us.  When Frances joined us, he was fascinated, kept talking to her even when Aunt Suzie told him she was American and only spoke English!

Lots of people wear masks when they ride their bikes and scooters.  This woman looked prepared for anything!

Lisa, Ana, Lewie and Elly went on the ferris wheel.

 Who wouldn't want to win a bunny???

The entire park could hear Lewie screaming with joy on the zipline ride

It was a real bonding experience for Oil (aka Elly) and Water (aka Franny) to work together to motor the bicycle ride in the sky!

We were having a drink (water and juice, not beers silly!) break when I saw a group gathered near us and heard singing.  I went over to find a group of men playing traditional instruments and 3 other guys singing, one at a time, in high pitched voices - it was like Chinese Idol!

The singers

The guy in pink was handed money by someone in the audience - it seemed like that made him the champion!

These guys were playing cards and slapping their cards down on the bicycle seat!

The kids bought these funky paper hats from a vendor for less than $1

The Inner Mongolian Museum.  We were rock stars there.  People kept asking us to have their picture taken with us.  One boy asked for just me???!

A monk with a cell phone.....hmmmmmmm

The incredible Xilitu Lamasery 

I have no idea............

This little thing was tethered to its perch in a market next to the Lamasery :(

Frances found wifi here in Inner Mongolia!! A modern day miracle! We are just 
packing for our trip to Beijing - our last city in China. For the last few days 
we have been in Hohhot, enjoying the cool weather! It's about 25 degrees cooler 
here than it was in Suzhou and Wuhan.  On Thursday, we spent the day walking in 
a park that is right across the street from our hotel. The park has ponds, 
wooded areas, and a little amusement park! The kids went on a few rides, like 
the ferris wheel, a zipline ride, and a fun house.  I went on the fun house ride 
and the best part was a "scary" owl that crowed like a rooster! In another part 
of the park a group of older men were playing traditional instruments while 3 
other guys were taking turns singing opera pieces- I think it was some sort of 
competition. 
Today we had a city guide for the day - ChaoLu, who is a Mongolian.  He met us 
at our hotel and took us to the Inner Mongolian Museum.  We spent about 2 hours 
there, looking at displays of Mongolian history and a dinosaur exhibit.  ChaoLu 
then took us to lunch at a neighborhood restaurant where we had a shredded 
potato dish, tofu, scrambled eggs with tomato, and chicken with potato.  Really 
yummy.  Then he insisted that we go to our hotel for a nap!! It didn't matter 
that we also insisted that we don't nap in the middle of the day.  After our 
"nap," we went to a beautiful Buddhist temple for the rest of the afternoon.  
The name of it is escaping me right now but it was the most beautiful temple 
I've ever seen in China. 
I have to finish my packing now - everyone is passed out and I'm ready to crash! 
Hopefully we'll have wifi in Beijing. 
Love 
Barbara