Reconstruction of our little minds

What can be said of yesterday? I suppose only pictures can really do it justice, luckily for you friends I will post them shortly on Facebook! I will however do my utmost to describe my experience.

Yesterday Qin Laoshi took the lot of us out to old Kunming where she asked us to be "Animals" and explore the city with no reservation. My animal instinct led me around many interesting places but most memorable to me was a small alley I discovered, where I saw three children leaping over one another trying to catch a plastic water bottle as it rolled down the small back way. To see such utter and genuine happiness really impacted me.
We reassembled at the gates of ZhongAi where she then led us to a portion of the city that was being torn down to make way for modern development. We had the chance to explore the old buildings and homes as well as the market that surrounded them. My friend George, whom is very curious (LOL), led me and Max to a broken building where in the rubble he had found old photographs from the 70's, and a newspaper from 1961 which contained underlined passages and a picture of Mao. Qin Laoshi was touched by his findings, as they were relics from the cultural revolution. She was especially moved, or perhaps haunted, when he showed her a note he had found which was a Party Members self-critique.
After the discovery we spend hours talking about global cultural, political and economic issues and how we all perceived them (including our take on the Olympics in Beijing). As night came, a choice few of us stayed behind with Qin Laoshi and accompanied her to the showing of a indi-Swedish film in the artist district of Kunming, whose theme (at least one of the many we discussed for hours after the film in a small group) pointed out societies lack of passion and accountability.
Needless to say when Max, Nick and I stopped at our favorite bar on the way home we felt a energy flow through us that our minds had not felt in a very long time, if ever.