So I have a few free days next week and I'm considering going on a Chinese tour group to Guizhou, a province in China. Guizhou is one of the more poorer provinces, and not typically a vacation spot for foreigners. Guizhou is known to be home for a lot of China's ethnic minorities. Do you know there are 56 kinds of Chinese people? Anyway, I'm a little weary about hanging with a group of locals, probably OLD people! However, I came to China to learn Mandarin, understand Chinese people/culture, travel and just have a good time! The worst that can happen is that I don't have fun.... but I'll get to practice Chinese for 4 days and experience how locals might vacation! I think I might sign myself up. :) I'll bring a thick novel to
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