Day 10 in China

Date: 16th Dec 07

Jason’s parents brought the both of us (Jason and I, of course) out of HangZhou ‘mainland’ to the rural side of Hangzhou, with Jason’s aunt’s family.

The whole ride was an hour or so from his house to that particular place – Yu Hang. The moment I stepped out of the car and headed into the rural place, the first impression of the place was seemed so much like what we used to see on those olden days movies – each household has a piece of land in front of their house, a little pond by the side with ducks and chickens running around all the place; muddy.

We had our lunch there and immediately after that, we headed down to the plantation to pluck vegetables and strawberries. In this trip, I finally understood that strawberries do not grow tree; in fact, they grow on a shrub, a small short plant. Anyway, we managed to pluck a lot of fresh red strawberries from the plantation, i.e. we ‘ransacked’ many tents (oh yes, these strawberries plants are grown within several tents that are nearly aligned in rows) to pluck these strawberries (and eat them on the spot).

But because of the stupid rain, I did not really enjoy much (apart from the fun of plucking the strawberries). It’s simply muddy and dirty; in fact, if it were to be a dry weather, I might run round the place and play around those plantation.

A nice experience to have: a first-hand taste of freshly plucked strawberry. Thanks, bro!