xiamen.

Today we were able to take a short vacation and went to Xiamen (pronounced sha-men). We wanted to go there because apparently there is this absolutely gorgeous beach there! Long story very short, we didn't make it to the beach. 

We first got off the bus because one girl wasn't feeling too hot and saw a Walmart!!!! Best. Day. Ever. There are none around us so it made us all so pumped to see one. Embarrassing I know! Haha All I could think of was a giant bag of Peanut M&Ms. I searched that dang store until I finally found them! I was the happiest person ever:) My favorite candy of all time.

After going to Walmart we got some lunch at McDonald's and got ice cream cones. Can I just tell you that they have the best ice cream cones ever?! They are only 4 Yuan, which means they are $0.65 in the U.S. 

It was really a super chill day of a lot of walking! It helps so I hopefully won't get rice cheeks and gain weight while I'm here. That would be the greatest. We saw this gorgeous temple through a little crack of trees and decided to go check it out. It was really cool to see that place and watch people walk by and say a little prayer. Cool experience for sure.

Funny story.. They have these buses that run all day long and are really cheap to ride. Only annoying thing is that they shove as many people as they can into one! There's no such thing as personal space here. And you have to push your way through people to make sure you are getting on and off! Like a have said before, the drivers are awful!!! Even when there are a million people shoved onto a tiny bus. We were being thrown around everywhere and it was the funniest thing! People look at us like we are absolutely crazy, but clearly we don't care.

loves.