Rob Visits!

Rob flew in early Friday morning from Calcutta and we did our best to keep him busy the entire time he was here. Friday we went downtown and walked through the Bird and Flower Market, saw the big map of Kunming in the city center, and had banana pie at McDonald's (yes, that is a must do!) before heading back to our neighborhood and touring KIA and experiencing a little bit of what youth group here looks like. We had dinner at a sqatty and had an ice cream bar in the neighborhood for dessert. 

Checking out the Chinese exercise equipment in our xiao qu.

 Saturday we biked to Dianchi Lake and rode a gondola and then a ski lift up Xi Shan and hiked to the Dragon Gate. The Dragon Gate is a Daoist temple that was carved in the 1500's into the side of the mountain. We spent most of our afternoon hiking the path down from the gate. That night we had a bunch of friends over for dinner and then we headed out to Shao Kao! 

Sunday was not much more laid back with Fellowship in the morning, lunch at an awesome Chinese place across the street and a slow bike ride back home via Carrefour and a little village in the city. He flew out at 7 something so we called a driver who picked him up at 4:30 and he was off!

We had an awesome weekend and were thrilled to share a little bit of our lives with him. 

Taking the ski lift to the top of Xi Shan and the Dragon Gate.

The Dragon Gate

The only picture I have of the three of us!

Shao Kao is Chinese night bbq and is pretty awesome!