Bowling with the Koreans...

This is a picture of the night we took the Koreans out for their Christmas present. We had heard there was a bowling alley in Yichang and decided bowling was the thing to do for our Korean friends. This night was pretty fantastic. First, we bowled. We bowled in China. Now, we have been roller skating and that was certainly a treat. Roller skating in China was like driving in China. No one follows the rules and everyone is more important than everyone else. People were going the wrong way. Some people were smoking. I was afraid for my shirt. There was a drunk guy out there with his spaghetti legs. That was hilarious. Our friends did karaoke in the corner. It was quite fun. Needless to say, we expected our bowling experience to be the same. It wasn't. First, it was pretty awesome because we had the whole bowling alley to ourselves. Sounds impressive right? Well, it is and it isn't. There were only 6 lanes. Our group of 12 was spread out over the lanes. The owner was a pretty shrewd business man. He required us to bowl 2 people per lane so that the games would go faster and we would bowl more. Well, we only played 2 games and found other ways to pass the time. The Koreans were a lot of fun. Now, if you haven't hung out with Koreans before then you are missing out. I don't know if all Koreans are like this, but I hope they are. These 4 (2 guys and 2 girls) were always hitting each other (in jest) and making fun of each other. They were like brothers and sisters. Too much fun. They don't speak English so we had 2 Chinese friends go with us to translate the Korean's Chinese. Despite the language barriers, we have really connected with them. Unfortunately, they will leave after this term. It will certainly be a said day when we say goodbye. We will, however, have great memories of them. I mean, who could forget 4 Korean students who were basically like locusts when it came to food. They devour everything when they come over. We are puzzled for a moment everytime this happens but then they smile and we remember that's why we like them so much. They are geniune and they are cool