Auto Stop around China - Part 3/ Vol1 - Culture of Budhism

02.07.2010

So with full taxi of people I am going to city called Hezuo. First we arrive to parking of truck drivers, where is also a hotel. So I think we will stay here, but it comes that here we only eat dinner. Here stay only girls, but we continue our way. We sit down in car and continue our trip. First we help other people to get to home, and then with taxi driver drive to his home. My driver house appears real Chinese style. Before getting to home, we are following small streets in total darkness...But it is a lot of fun... My new friend lives with his father, mother, and two sisters and one brother... Big family and amazingly friendly family...

We talk the most with his father while drinking juice, tea and watching World Cup of football. His daughters are serving us :) :)

Later also one of the sisters join the conversation, and it appears that she talks good English, just were shy for some time. She learns each day and her dream is to go to Beijing to study English. You can feel her passion and real dream as when she talks about it you see sparkles in her eyes...It is amazing when in such a poor family, all people are so happy and friendly...You feel that it is not played for me, it is real...it is amazing...

After nice conversation about dreams, history, culture we go to sleep, making arrangement that tomorrow we wake up early so I can get on first bus to Xiahe city, where I want to see a big Buddhist monastery. This night my friend, taxi driver shares his room with me, and even bed :D :D :))) we sleep in one bed, but under two quilts...this is amazing how friendly people are here in Tibetan part of China... They are poor, they live in simple houses, where you don't have hot or cold water, so you need to bring it to your home, no toilet next to your house, no rich clothes or entertainment, but they are more real and so amazing people that you can only feel it when you meet them and see it in their eyes...