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Show The Eureka Reporter June. 30, 1989 Page Three An American in China Continued from Page so great either. I lost eight pounds.) Vegetable, fish and meat dishes 1 three blocks from the square to let us out. We planned to hail a car there and promised to return to our hotel quickly and report back to him. He (and I) were quite amazed when nearly everyone got off the bus. (Crazy Americans! he said), Defying instructions he loaded us back on the bus and took us closer to the square where we divided into arrive one after the other and are n in the placed on a middle of the table. Everyone is given a small bowl of rice; you turn the table and slide a portion with your chopsticks into your rice bowl. (No forks or spoons!) A large, communal bowl of simmer- ing soup indicates the end of the small groups and split up. My group-mea- l. the original my owneras no is such There traveling companion and a retired thing ship in a Chinese restaurant; eve- - husbandwife lawyer team from rything belongs to everyone. The Puerto Rico. Deciding to brave it, waitresswilluseyourboltleofsoda we scaled the barricades and went or beer to fill any empty glass at into the middle of the crowd. We headed straight for the Goddess your table or table near you, or take Democracy. The sanitation dishes from your table for another. Returning from the Great Wall, problem the guide had cited was we visited the Ming Tombs, where quite real but not overwhelming. 13 of 14 Chinese emperors of the The atmosphere was more akin to Ming Dynasty are buried. The road Woodstock than to a militant leading to the tombs is lined with confrontation, and the students were stone statues quite happy and excited to sec us. 24 pairs of giant-size- d of animals, mythological beasts and We were greeted with fascinated military figures. One of each pair is stares, smiles, and V for victory standing and the other kneeling gestures. I could hear calls of May-an- d they face each other across the guo! (American!) all around me. road. (According to our guide, the We applauded them, and they in statues serve as guards and work turn applauded us, as is the Chi-i- n shifts. The kneeling statues arc nese style. I felt welcomed, not threatened. We pushed through the resting.) Artifacts made of pure gold and crowd to within 25 feet of the jade excavated from the tombs arc Goddess to take pictures. Then, on display in an adjacent museum, remembering our promise to our This is one of the few places where guide, we left the square and went photography is forbidden. They to find a taxi, allow you to carry camera equipThe following article was written ment in, but the guards arc quite atwatchful and stop anyone who by Roger L. Gilson, a former manto take pictures. (I reka resident. This is part I of a three-paor account of his recent trip a clandestine shot aged to get two of the beautifully inlaid ceiling, to China. Part II will be in next weeks issue of the Eureka Reporter. though!) On our last day in Beijing, four of us wanted to sec the student proOne second of the suns energy is testors and we convinced our guide to take us to a hotel closer to the 13 million times the annual mean n consumption of the Square area. Reluc- tantly, he stopped the bus about lazy-susa- four-inclu- ded -- 4ttlhi DTnnmasaD tFainroifl WagjoirQ sift Bsii?lbir BfoSoS We give you the chance to say Yes & No: NO! No pressure stickers No additional mark-u- p No inflated documentary fees No hidden gimmicks or surprises No dealing with 3 salesmen No Dealers please VIES! Yes every v?n is on sale Yes we have 9 financing plans Yes we have a large selection over 250 cars & trucks Yes you get the privilege of dealing with 1 salesman Yes we will give you a price for your trade within minutes Yes we have received the top sales service awards from Chrysler & Eu-temp- ts rt 89 DODGE CARAVAN Air, 5 Spd., 7 passenger, cloth seats, am fm stereo. M2, 399 or '89 DODGE CARAVAN auto, V8, 7 passenger, amfm stereo. Air, 8245 Tian-an-Mc- 89 PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER LE Loaded, V6, trailer, 2 tone, power towing, locks, lots of extras. mm Regular 384 NOW 29$ saws come assembled, serviced and ready to use. We are a factory authorized service center and can service what we sell. Hours 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Daily CARAVAN Shop demo, turbo, air, 7 passenger, am Customized buy back, V6, auto, beautiful, very low miles. frrn (Arpenteb eed (a 1030 South State Street 373-374-0 . Two blocks south of Provo Cemetery Im. CHEVROLET ft All GROW" Provo '89 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Dodge Truths All "OUR '89 DODGE GRAND Dodge prices alter rebates. 72 mos. at 12.25M APR, Tax & License in cash, O.A.C. Were not the biggest ddii Just the best!! |
