Our first adventure together was a day trip to Silver Fox Cave in the Fangshan District! We had to catch a bus from 苹果园 to the Cave . Do not be deceived by the name 苹果园, there is no 苹果树 there! There may not be 苹果树 there, but that area is famous for pickpockets so do watch your belongings! The bus came every 1 1/2 hours, so we spent slightly over an hour waiting for the bus! If you plan to go to Silver Fox Cave be prepared to be harrassed by touts while you wait for the bus. Clara was so irritated that she turned to one and said this 你知道你多么烦！像乌鸦一样kwa kwa 的叫!
our 导游 who followed us all the way to the cave and back to the main road to wait for the bus!Silver Fox Cave is none other than a Limestone Cave, with various limestones formations inside with fancy names accompanying them! The highlight of the day The Silver Fox 
We missed the earlier bus, so we ended up waiting for slightly over one hour for the bus! This time instead of Vultures hovering around us looking for prey. We were surrounded by a couple of 黑车, confronted with the prospect that we might have missed the last bus and we were stranded almost 80 over km away from BJ City! Darkness was creeping in, the temperature was dipping to below 0 degrees and we were v v v v v cold & hungry! Not exactly a nice position to be in!
Our little misadventure at the Ski Resort! Clara fell off the pulley lift and I resembled a cartoon character crashing into a wall, when I crashed into the Padded Barrier! We had this bright idea to take the ski lift up to the expert slopes, even though there was a sign warning us that Beginners should not get on! Upon arrival at the top we realised that there was no other way down aside from skiing down! After the dreadful fall, I kind of lost confidence and I didn't trust my skills and ability to be able to navigate the sharp bends and steep slopes! Safety nets surrounded the edge of the cliff, however I was not confident that the nets could save me if I crashed into them! Erm.. in the end after deliberating for about 1/2 hour, I managed to get down. I bid farewell to the ski resort by leaving my bum imprint on the snow for the very last time!
We decided to try Ice Skating on the Lake at HouHai. Being novice skaters, it was hard to find our centre of balance as the ice was so slippery. The task was near to impossible so we gave up attempting to skate after 5 mins and traded our skates for a chair skate! So we spent Christmas Eve chair-skating around the lake!
clara gamely agreed to try deep fried insects with me and in my opinion they were simply delicious!
