The "Sea of Tea"

After the crowded market street yesterday, we opted for a more relaxing destination today and headed to Zhongguo Cha Hai (the China Sea of Tea). With plenty of space and fewer people visiting it was great to get out and stretch our legs with a wander around the farm.

We visited the viewing pagoda in the middle of the farm, and the tea fields stretched as far as we could see. We of course tried some fresh green tea, made from the small new leaves at the very tips of the plants. A couple of small cheese sweet treats went down great with the fresh tea.

We walked pretty much to the other end of the farm, dodging rain showers, and opted to jump on the shuttle back to the car park. It was then time for lunch with some local noodles.

We returned back to Yunzi, and spent the rest of the afternoon playing Majiang. Nathan was kind enough to donate back some of his winnings from yesterday, Vela also got into the giving spirit and donated back the rest.. Over the two days we lost about 10nzd, which we would gladly pay again for the hours of fun!

Driving back to Chongqing tomorrow and then the following day we're off to Xinjiang for a couple of weeks road tripping.Read more