Today, there was an IBM outing to visit the Dalian indoor botanical garden. There were all kinds of beautiful orchards with different colors. Also, there were several type of cactus plants. We were served with a special local lunch menu. All of the dishes were prepared with organic vegetables such as eggplants, tomatos, tofu, etc.
We went on to climb Mt Xiao Hei Shan (The Small Black Mountain) after lunch. At the bottom of this mountain was an old local residence and it is now a museum displaying how the locals made tofus, noodles and mill work.
The Xiao Hei Shan is not even near as tall as the Da Hei Shan that I climbed two weeks ago. But today weather was wet and rainy and the track to the top was muddy. Along the way, the wind was getting gusty and stronger as we got near the summit. This combined with the cold temperature has made it really bitterly cold and was difficult to climb. It took us about two and an half hours to go up to the summit and came back down.
We stopped by the local farmers to pick fresh strawberries. The deal was to eat as much as I wanted at the farm at no charge. I bought half of a kilogram of strawberries to eat later this weekend. Oh, wondering why I kissed the goat? a couple of IBMers placed a bet with me if I would kiss the goat for 50 RMB. I guess they did not know me well!
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