The next day after a quick breakfast at the market I headed out to the lake. Caohai is known for the massive quantity of over-wintering birds that visit in season. Since it's spring the birds were thin on the ground (or water), but the lake was very peaceful anyway (once I had managed to teach my boat companions to listen to the sounds of nature rather than yelling at each other. I have this theory that Chinese are afraid of silence since they grow up in such a crowded society and as such they seek to make noise wherever they go, to avoid the horrifying sound of silence. I told this to the Chinese I was with and they shut up. It was great!). I know, I am smiling in one of these photos. No rice wine required this time.
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