We arrived at a place called "Grandma's village". A small town that is locked in the past. It felt like we were in imperial China waiting for the emperor. As part of the tour, we took a raft ride down the Tianmu River, the Chinese really love raft rides. Let's just say- the weather wasn't helping. It was coming down in buckets. We purchased plastic ponchos which were thinly disguised garbage bags. They didn't last for the first kilometer of the ride, disintegrating into pieces upon contact with water. 
We then went to a local restaurant for lunch and by "restaurant" I mean "roach coach". It was more like someone's house then a proper eating establishment but we were a captive audience and had no choice. The kids didn't want anything and quite frankly, nothing was appetizing on the menu. We ordered tofu to be on the safe side. The tofu had a rather unique aroma and was grey in color. We were convinced the it was strained through a pair of pantyhose to give it that unique flavor. Needless to say, we didn't eat anything.We headed over to Yaolin Fairyland to tour the under ground caverns. This was a truly spectacular site. Nature is an incredible thing, something man can not duplicate, ..... except Disney.
We ended the day with a phenomenal dinner at Va Bene, yes, an Italian restaurant in China! Two bottles of wine, pasta with clams and a wonderful dessert made up for the terrible lunch we had.
Tomorrow, we will head to Wu Zhen. An ancient water town about 1.5 hours away by bus. Yes- another tour with the local Chinese. Then we're heading back to Shanghai by high speed train.
