any way the wind blows

The second day of our first sailing week is temporary also the last, because of a tyfoon that is on his way to Taiwan and will pass Xiamen tomorrow, but the aftereffects (strong wind) will last for 4 days.
It's a pity, because our 15 pupils only had two days to understand the basics of sailing.
Secondly, we can't cash the extra time and visit other corners of china (the planes don't take off) or explore Xiamen (everybody stays inside).

For the most interested among us, here's an update about the sailing camp.



Yesterday we let them choose another name and wrote it on their caps (see picture below of Mathieu with 'da boyzz'), we organised a paddle race and in the afternoon we (Mathieu & Barbara) gave a how-to-sail-'perfectly' demonstration while the children watched from the motorboat and eventually accompanied us one by one.



This morning we sent all the boats on the water and let the group sail around two marks but the wind dropped after lunch (literally 'quiet before the storm') so Mathieu gave a capsize demonstration and we took all the sailing gear and boats inside so that they wouldn't get damaged.









Remarkable about today: we ate bread (that tasted like bread) with the badest and most expensive camenbert we ever tried, all found in the carrefour(the camenbert was german). If cheese was like chicken paws we would be in heaven!


kind regards (and for Niko: stay high!!), to the others:


Barbara & Mathieu (who's lying sick on the bed)