Finding the Pearl River

Saturday, Dong Mei and I (Marsha) went looking for the Pearl River. I told Dong Mei the story of why the river was called the Pearl River. She never heard the story. The story goes that some fisherman coming in from the South Sea saw this huge rock in the middle of the River which looked so round and smooth that it resembled a giant Pearl. Hence the name. According to my students, the River is a sight which should be seen at night. But I wanted to scout out tour boats for cruising and I thought it would be easier during the day.

We went to the Metro station and she asked the ticket agent which station to get off at. When we got to the station, we went out the first exit we saw. Then she asked how to get to the Pearl River. We passed a park, and we eventually found the River. She said it was very polluted but I saw some fish in the water. There was a nice river walk and we saw many people. Several were walking their dogs. That was the first time I’ve seen evidence of people owning pets. We also saw several people fishing. One man caught five fish in a net.
We found two locations where they sold river cruises. We will take a cruise in the near future. The first was fairly close to the Metro. Then we walked further just to enjoy the day.

Another day some people were taking pictures of me taking a picture of Mel and a sculpture in a shopping center. So we asked them to allow us to take their picture with Mel.