Back to Zhudi

Going back to Zhudi today to finish the last bit of translating with my friend there. Less than two weeks now till I'm home. It's going fast.

During the day yesterday I went into Yongning to try to post some stuff back to Australia. The postoffice there wasn't able to send things overseas. I mean, is it a post office or isn't it?

Last night was playing Darts in the courtyard with a Mosuo bloke. There is a dartboard affixed to a tree there. After a few practices I was getting better, and we decided to have kind of a competition to see who could get all 9 darts to hit the board. We kept getting 6, 7 or 8, and sometimes 3. He wanted to put some kind of bet on who would do it first. First it was to shout a drink, which I was willing enough to agree to. Then he decided to up the stakes to 'whoever wins has to do whatever the other one says'. After thinking briefly of daring him to jump in the lake, I declined. He kept saying "If I win, you have to obey me" to which I responded "no, I'm not obedient". He thought this was hilarious. Then decided to up the stakes further and say "if I win, you have to have walking marriage with me", which I didn't agree to either, but we kept on playing, and just before it got really dark, he managed to get all 9 darts to hit the dartboard. For the next half hour he kept going on "you have to have walking marriage with me, ha ha ha, where is your room". That got kind of boring. My female friend there (wife of Lance) thought it was quite funny though and said "I will call Sakata. I will tell him you having walking marriage!" (Sakata is how every one here refers to Scott) She said "he will be on the next plane" I said "yep, he probably will".

Got talking to a Dutch tourist later on last night. While we were chatting, a Chinese policeman kept coming up and drinking Guangdang alcohol (locally made spirits) with him and offering us yak meat and walnuts to eat. Every time he came up he'd tell us how happy he was to meet foreign friends, etc. He even offered the Dutch guy his police shirt to try on, but my Dutch friend politely declined.

So those were my funny experiences for the day. Hope you enjoyed.