Huaxi Guiyang

... of mass tourism and a village or city built to funnel and trap visitors like cattle.  As we arrived in Huaxi after an entertaining and rickety bus ride from Guiyang I feared the same.  Yet, apart from the high 6 kuai entrance fee to the park ...

... .  Fortunately I had a small guide book written many many years ago for English speaking foreigners in Guiyang that John had leant me that had the name HuaXi Park in Chinese characters in it - so was able to gradually walk back along the route the ...

... to sit down on the next bus. After a long ride we got off where most of the locals alighted and found the entrance to Huaxi Park. Only Y6 to get in. We're really off the tourist trail here. The park was very attractive. We spent the afternoon walking ...