Bravo Guilin

... barrier. He had travelled down to Shenzhen from Chengdu to see his son who was a doctor. They were very welcoming and sometimes just smiles sufficed. When they asked about England I reached for my digital camera to show them pictures thinking it was easier. I started to regret it though as the daughter went through about 500 photos out of politeness, even though I told her to just skip bits or stop altogether. I wandered down the train ...

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Well, I did make it to Guilin and was able to see some of the city while I was there and after buying the ticket I boarded another bus and traveled back to Yangshuo. I was a bit tired from the trip but it was my only chance to see anything in Guilin.

Now I have the ticket in hand and will board the bus again this Friday evening to catch the train. I have a few other trains to catch on this trip so I hope it all goes well for me.

... vangen op het moment dat ze nooit zelf een visje mogen opeten... Hoe dan ook, een happy ending. Terug aan wal zijn we een hapje gaan eten. Op de slang moesten we even wachten. Die werd, na een half uurtje, vers en levend in een plastic tas door de drukke toeristenstraatjes aangevoerd. Voordat de slang de pan in ging mochten we hem zien en vasthouden. Of hij giftig was kon de mevrouw ons niet vertellen. (niets voor mij dus). Het idee van het eten ...

... has a girlfriend, no kids, and loves classical music (violine and piano). Apart from that, he was very patient trying to tell me really many, many things. Well, I should have practiced more before my departure to be prepared for that. Anyway, it was a nice chap to share the compartment with. Having arrived in Guilin, I was prepared for many touts waiting outside the station, trying to bring you to a hostel, hotel, somewhere else, telling you this ...

... my and he invited me to join the local Friendship Club. It is made up of local business people and foreigners. Since I was the only foreigner there this time I was the center of attention. During the meeting I was introduced to the Fire Chief and he asked if I could do him a favor. They we doing a new book on fire safety and needed to also have an English Version. He wanted ...

... miserably. Then we got to the bear. Cage. Yes, you heard me correctly. One solitary cage approx 12x12 sq. foot with a very depressed brown bear in... pacing. Not happy at all. This was the most vile & despicable thing I had ever seen. I thought this sort of behaviour went out in the 60's. I was sickened with China & I stormed off, leaving David & the tour guide to it. I am also going to post a Tripadvisor comment in the china ...

I woke up early today and went to the Shanxi History Museum. To my surprise it was a free entry day as long as you had an acceptable form of ID and I happened to have my passport with me. So that was good, except it also meant that there were TONS of people at the museum! I had to wait in line for about 1/2 hour before I could even go inside. The museum was really neat though. According to my Frommer's book, "if you visit one museum in ...

... at the front seat of his car, having opened the door to stretch his leg for additional comfort. As every seemingly good Chinese, he was blissfully oblivious of what was going on around him when he was taking his nap. But our reappearance was a wake-up call, so we shortly turned back towards the city centre. He dropped us off very near the same downtown restaurant where we had dined two days earlier. We started being hungry and decided there was no need for any experiments since we ...