Matt Owyang - Enping
After breakfast we headed out to Matt's villages. First we went to his maternal grandfather's village and saw the house. The house had beautiful paintings above the doors. Unfortunately we could not get in because the doors were rusted out. We met a local villager who knew the family and he showed us around.
We all loaded back onto the bus and headed across the river to Matt's primary village, his maternal grandmother. When we arrived we met with Matt's grandmother's cousin who showed us the five houses built for the Moks.
For lunch we had fish ten ways. We watched the cook grab a giant fish and how they prepped it. It was really great and they even had cold Coke for Ryan.
Yvonne Chan - Hoiping
After lunch we headed to Hoiping to visit Yvonne's village, her maternal grandfather. We met a lot of people who remembered her mom and were able to look around the family houses. Yvonne was walking around with a giant smile on her face.
We then went to her grandfathers shop and started to explore the area. While taking some pictures around the area Olivia ran into Wendy Lo, Roots '91. Yvonne and Wendy, 21 years apart on Roots, find out they're are neighbors in Hoiping. And they are both back in China together the same summer.
Al happened to call during our chance encounter to check in, SF time 1 AM. Frank took the phone and asked, "Hey Al, do you know a Wendy Lo from Roots?" "Yeah, of course, '91, why do you ask?" "Because she's standing right in front of me." "What!"
Al told us these things happen when you Root. Crazy.
Hoiping Nights
After a nice meal of chicken and donkey we headed out to the streets of Hoiping trying the street foods and fruits. We got to have fried stinky tofu, red dragon fruit and mangosteen which were all amazing.
We got to haggle with vendors over the price of shirts and according to Nicole, one of our guides, we still got ripped off.
Looking forward to day three.
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