Bad news; we cannot go to Tibet. The regulations to get a permission to enter the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" changed. In order to go to Lhasa we now HAVE TO group up with at least 3 other foreigners and book a fully guided tour through a tibetan travelling agency without the possibility to choose the accommodations by ourselves which of course significantly increases the costs. Ergo no Tibet, or at least Lhasa.

The new plan is now to approach the tibetan plateau from the South to at least get a feeling for the region. The approach we have chosen now will lead us through the most beautiful province in China, namely "Yunnan". So next stop will be Yunnan where we will fly to from Shenzhen and then go up to the boarder of Tibet as long as we can. There are a lot of things on the way which sound awesome and I am really looking forward to see them.

Today was not all about planning. I have actually eaten fried feet of chicken. The taste? Well, as you say in German "Das sind doch nur Haut und Knochen" (It's only skin and bones) is actually quite appropriate for this meal. So it is okay but there are a lot of things that taste better than that and I already ate a lot of things that tasted like nothing I have ever eaten so far!!

Ah one more thing about eating with Chinese; Everything that is ordered will be placed in the middle and will be shared among all the people at the table. Beside your plate you have to different coloured chopsticks. We had white on the inside and black on the outside. The chopsticks on the outside are to pick food from the public plate in the middle to your private plate. The white ones are to put everything from your plate into your mouth. You really have to get used to that so that you can be sure that you do not confuse with the chopsticks. Aaaaannd it is not really easy to pick some things that are glibbery or really hard up and hold on to it all the way to your plate. The way feels very long ;)

Yesterday we went to a footmassage so I expected it to be, well a footmassage, but actually you get massaged the whole body. The little chinese girls had their problems with massaging two (for chinese relations) big guys and where impressed by our fitness level and muscles which I have to admit felt really good :) The girl compared her feet to mine and her feet were half the size which she found so interesting that she had to tell her colleagues. So two german guys are somehow special here and it is interessting how many looks and attention we are getting here.

Now I am really tired from the day which was in short Planning the trip -> Eating at the restaurant -> Visiting Downtown Shenzhen -> Training at the Gym -> Swimming in the pool and working on some projects of my friend Josh.

Good Night everyone, sleep well and take care!