Along with the accommodations, we also get mountain bikes. We took them for a spin today. While I haven’t been on a bike in many years, it does seem that you don’t forget how to ride one. I wouldn’t have wanted to be in any traffic though as my skills are definitely rusty. Our main mission was to get air for the tires but we weren’t able to find any on campus. The guard at the gate pointed us in the direction to the nearby village so off we went down the hill.
The day before, the driver had shown us where we could buy veggies and meat at the village and took a little road back to the campus so we knew to take a more scenic route to find the air. Without too much trouble, we found the little hut at the entrance to the village and motioned our meaning to the attending man. There was even a little stand beside it that sold cold water. Ah! It cost half of a yuan to fill our 2 bikes up with air and then another yuan for my very cold bottle of water. A great thing we’ve found so far here is that cold water is plentiful. In Jinan, it was a bit harder to find cold bottled water.
We figured that while we were already there, we’d take a quick ride through the village. Unfortunately, it was just enough time under the blazing sun and humidity for me to get overheated. It was a LONG journey back to the apartment. The way there only took 10 minutes but the trip back was filled with frequent stops in the shade. Apparently the campus is very hilly☹
No comments:
Post a Comment