My encounter with the Mr. Lee’s
On monday afternoon I took the train going from Shenzhen to Guilin, in hope to there catch a bus going against Yangshuo.
But, on the train I met two chinese men. One was 28 yrs old and the other was 60. Both were named ‘Lee’ 
The younger one translated for me when I talked to the older Lee, and so we continued until bedtime.
During the conversation I found out that both Lee’s had it pretty good financially. Jr.Lee had a good job in Shenzhen, working for an american company called Honeyware.
Sr.Lee had been working as a cook for a long time of his life. He moved to Canada, Edmonton, where he owned a restaurant, together with some other people.
Anyhow. He sold the restaurant, and started buying houses/apartments which he now rents to people all over the world. He has a very good life, with eraly retirement. But if you’d ask Sr.Lee himself, he would answer, “so so”, with a laugh
Before bedtime Sr.Lee invited me to his home in Guilin. He told me he at the moment had an empty apartment and that I could stay there for a day before I left for Yangshuo.
We arrived at the trainstation, and after a quick phonecall to my girl Cecilia, we left for Lee’s apartment located in an area with a gate at the entrance, controlled by 4 guards!!
He’s a rich man!
The apartment was very nice, extremely nice for being a chinese.
We left our bags and went out on Mr.Lee’s bicycles for a ride around town. He took me to all the great sites in Guilin, so as waters, mountains, towers, parks etc.
We had a great day and we both were exhausted when we got home.
I slept longer than expected and got to Yangshuo two hours later than planned.
I will never forget Mr.Lee’s hospitality and generosity!
Now I’m in Yangshuo. The plan for the day will probobly be to rent a bicycle and hit the ricepaddies…
Zaijian
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