Around 30c with high humidity it was another difficult day to just get through the day.!reakast at 7am, first class 8.30-10am, then 30min break then another hour. We practised Shaolin formation after running and warming up - the latter is a joke as after running we are already drenched and as hot as furnaces. Lunch at 12 is always good and one has to hurry a) to get a seat and b) to get to the meat dishes. I have taken under my wing 2 boys that miss their mums / home; the 20yrs old French boy, Andreas, has been at the school 2yrs and is understandable he misses home. The 19yr old British boy, Rob, arrived 2days ago and is his first time away from home. He is here for 1 month and then he joins the RAF back home in Oct.
Theo and I slept like the dead after lunch and whatever little ebergy we could gather we went through the afternoon Seda kickboxing class. A quick shower afterwards and hoped on the bus to Qufu and the train station for tickets to Zhengzhou Friday evening. We managed to get on the fast train -like the one that crushed last month. This should take us to Zhengzhou in 4hrs. Seven of us are heading to Henan province to the Shaolin temple and the sacred Song mountain. That's the epicentre of Shaolin culture and where all our shifus have been trained since they were wee kids. We will be staying Friday night in Zhengzhou and following morning take a bus to Dengfeng where we will stay Saturday night. I booked luxurious hotels for both Theo and I - at £50 and £100 respectively which although very cheap by London standards, scandalised the translators at the school. After train tickets we walked around town, got some very tasty milkshakes from a very dodgy place and ended up at the Qufu hostel where we had nice dinner and caught taxis back just as the rain started and just in time for 9.30pm curfew.
I would have slept like a log if it weren't for abt 5 calls on my mobile vetween 10-11.30pm after which I struggled to sleep..
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