It took me a while to memorize the nickname given to me by our Chinese interns. Last night I could finally remember the pronunciation and looked it up on the internet. They call me Bart Fēixíngyuán! Thank you Cecily mèimei and Christy mèimei!

Today was a rainy day. Yes, it also rains in Fujian. The big difference compared to home is the outside temperature remaining high even during rain. Actually, a big difference, you just get wet without feeling chilly. Getting out was not the plan anyway, so time in the morning to put some work on the presentation for tomorrow.

We agreed with the team to go and visit during the day the local hot springs and pools. Multiple small hot springs, going from cold to very hot, and one fish bowl to sit in with little fish sucking on your skin. I tried a few hot springs but moved quickly to the large 50 pool. The pool itself looks like an industrial steel construction covering the large pool. Along the pool people sitting at small tables, playing cards, smoking cigarettes, and making their own tea. I was quite strange for me. I jumped in but was thrown out, swimming cap was mandatory. Luckily the local shop could provide me one. Back to the pool I got a lane all for myself. Being the only foreigner in the pool, seems all Chinese avoided swimming into my private lane. I could swim relaxed and was supervised closely by several safety guards. I completed 34 laps until Alia came to remind me that time was up and we had to leave, jumping back on the bus to the hotel. It was a nice stretch and a good idea to take a break.

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Entrance to the hot springs and pools

Megan and I continued working on tomorrow’s presentation. In between we went for a typical Japanese sushi dinner with Elizabeth and Ryan. Was a good choice! Around 22:00 Amit, Cecily, and Christy joined to continue the work. I took us till 00:45 to complete the presentation and could hand it over for translation. Cecily and Christy will have a lot of work in translation it from English to Chinese. Let’s see tomorrow early at breakfast the result and take it from there to do the final cleansing before leaving to the customer.

Good night!

Hot spring

Local tree

Tree

Yin Yang Hot spring

50m pool

Around the pool