we've got a pretty comfortable schedule going on here in Guilin now. It breaks down basically as: wake up, eat food, wander streets aimlessly, go to Little Italian Expat Cafe and blog for 3 hours, eat dinner, go back to hotel to edit so that the next day, we have something to post on our blog.
Blog!
Yesterday however, we broke this routine by going to the Bear/Tiger/Zoo house. Yea, we saw a tiger hunt/kill a cow, ain't no big thing. Simon's in the midst of cutting the most epic video of all time for it. He even made me download a bunch of music for the edit.
I dont really have too many pictures of the zoo, but we saw 3x "performances". The first one was kind of a second rate barnum & bailey thing where they have tigers in a cage and this guy makes them do humiliating nonsense like roll over and pretend to wave to the audience. It was actually completely mesmerizing, because I kept waiting for the tigers to go feral and attack their human captors. Alas, it never happened, but what we saw instead were the glum, defeated faces of all the zoo keeper/entertainers. Man, they were like teenager carnie runaways with these "what have we got to look forward to" looks on their faces. Husks!
The second performance was a continuation in the theme of animal humilation. we saw bears walking upright banging drums, monkeys riding bikes, and of course a monkey on top of a pole riding a camel. All of this was narrated by King Awesome:
Also they let us go up real close to the tigers with tongs of meat and feed them through a chain link fence. Not exactly super-secure. While shooting Simon I almost get my hand ripped off!
so now all the foreplay is over and we get to the main event: TIGER VS COW, SON! Basically they let a tiger out of a cage into this small fenced-in field, and he chases a cow for 5 minutes, catches it, and bites the cows throat. the end. you kind of feel dirty afterwards for watching it, like "who is the TRUE monster here" while "Man in the Mirror" plays in the background. I wont give you any footage of the chase (Simon's magnum opus is on the way), but here's a snapshot of crowd reactions. Dont let the expressions fool you, Cynthia was actually wringing her hands together in quiet desperation and Simon was actually laughing like the Joker for 15 minutes:
7 comments:
A very vivid description of bear/money/tiger/cow performance. I understand your statement of feeling dirty afterwards. It's an experience.
Woody,keeps your hands away from the dangerous tiger.You all have a young heart with full of curiosity.When do you start tolike to visit the zoo house?Simon's expression shows sympathy,sorry for the cow.Synthia's expression shows exciting,happy,and enjoyable. I understand this feeling because I had the same feeling as yours when I saw the bull fight in Spain a few years ago.I love your video. Simon, you sing so well.If I can teach you more Chinese song that will be even better.Next time when you come back to Atlanta,we can go to sing Karaoke together.Lao fu zi is very very creative, I love it and enjoy so much,just like Sharon said your Chinese is good.Thanks Sharon.I think that you all will speak chinese better and understand Chinese culture better after this trip. I am proud of you, 3 cute kids.Hi,Synthia,you dance so well,and so naturely.You can join dancing with star.Tonight,it is semifinal of the dancing with star show,all 4 couples got 30 points,every couple is good.Keep on writing,I know it is a hard work,but,it is worth.
JESUS CHRIST.... My Life seems so shitty and dull right now.... I should stop this crazy train of life im on and do some college shit like you guys....
This Blog is amazing
lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
...and to think.. we couldnt even find a pig in new york for new years.
No no, the rubbish music is consistant throughout China... from my experience. Nice to meet you guys in Guilin, all the best. Have you played the cop/robber/damsel "game" yet?
Richard
brave man! this could have been you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHDKTLXzoSY
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