The Butterfly Song

So one of the stories I didn't get much of a chance to write about on here (because it was toward the end of the trip and things were moving TOO fast to put it on here) was our train ride back from the Wudang Mountains. I mentioned it, but I didn't get a chance to post the video and some pictures.

Trains were the best way to travel while in China. They are better than airplanes because you can actually lay down, stretch out and relax. The train back from our last weekend trip from Wuhan, was a highlight of the trip in many ways. We were all in 3 stacked bed quarters. Six people to each "cabin" (although it was an open cabin). It was about a 5 hour train ride if I remember correctly. The first part of the ride was spent sleeping and having a good nap after all the climbing we did.
We also had to CLIMB over the tracks at the station to get to our platform...dragging our luggage and treasures we had found along the way with us. It was one of those moments on the trip where I just stopped and remembered that we were in rural China and how awesome it all really was to be able to experience such a thing.

Once on our platform (crowded in with all the other passengers waiting for the train) the station security with large sticks started blowing their whistles and yelling (in Chinese) for everyone to get behind a red line on the platform (so they wouldn't be smashed by the train). They didn't have smiles on their faces, and with the yelling and sticks/clubs...I made sure I was completely behind the line! Once on the platform, there was probably no more than a 10 minute wait...probably more like a 6 minute wait...for the train to arrive. As soon as it did everyone quickly jumped on dragging all their things with them.

We settled in and napped for awhile. Then John and Sharon, who were in the next cabin met a sweet family. One of the little girls...probably around 4 years old, kept climbing up the ladder to John's bunk to get a peek of him. After some time I went over and hung out with them and was showing the two girls and their mom some of the photographs I had taken on this leg of the trip.
One of the pictures was a butterfly (see posted here). The mom of one of the girls (the one in white) had the two sing a song about butterflies.

Here it is!