On Saturday, Dianne and Linda went exploring on their own. From Dianne’s keyboard: Linda and I wanted to visit the village of XiZhou, near ErHai (Er Lake). Max told us how to find a “bus stop” on the busy road at the edge of town. So off we went, dodging the traffic - lots of big trucks, climbing over the railing, ending up on the opposite side of the road. We saw some people standing at a break in the railing so said “XiZhou” (translate that to mean “Is this where we catch the local bus to XiZhou?”). Head-nodding led us to believe we had found the right spot. A bus came along and we asked the assistant (each bus seems to have someone who collects the money, puts out small stools for sitting on if
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