Huashun Hotel Guilin

... the reason dodgy people in dodgy areas of my travels never offer me drug deals, is because I have an 'innocent face'. Well, either the look has lapsed or this woman was having a very bad day and looking for an 'innocent' foreigner to take it out on. As she checked the 'security information' on her computer, presumably to see if Interpol had me listed, I heard the conversation from the other side of the partition, at desk eight:
"Hello, I'd like a visa ...

... them took the short but steep path to the top of Solitary Peak (thus missing the best bit and the whole point of the visit); preferring to wallow like wildebeest in the cafe watering hole.

Years ago when I first travelled in South East Asia I was struck by the fragile, delicate beauty of the people and just knew Caucasians were definitely the least attractive looking people around....

I've consumed some amazing ...

... to the counter and select skewers of vegetables and meats and then pass them inside the window to have them covered in a spicy mix and barbequed. A lady then brings out your selection on some paper plates. We tried a selection and Ben was pushed into trying the pigeon. I have to say, it was very tasty, though there were tears it was so spicy! We walked home hoping we wouldn't regret the meal later.

... andere balie. Onze vlucht -met een andere luchtvaartmaatschappij- zou om 21.05 uur vertrekken naar Guilin. (dat is wat wij begrepen in de 2 woorden ENgels die ze sprak: "no flight" en op het briefje: " 21.05 Guilin, incheckbalie: 37". Kevin heeft als een razende nog even een mailtje gestuurd naar onze pick-up car om ons vroeger op te halen (en het gewijzigde vluchtnummer door te geven). Bij aankomst in Guilin stond de auto inderdaad klaar (ook dit, zonder telefoontje dat het ...

... miles around, and what we found was, a massive cloud. They did warn us it was the rainy season... We hiked up for about half and hour in the cloud and ended up actually above it. So luckily it wasn't a total waste of money as we did get some good shots of the rice. There must be brilliant views though when theres no cloud... Ah well after we got back to the hostel we had some dinner and had another wild night of sewing, Em was still on her ...

... All the stuff here is 100% fake, guranteed but sooooooo cheap. The hotel Fawlty Towers does not let the name down at all.. At least our beds are not wet, unlike Luke's.... ha ha, but we do have to take the top off the loo to pull the bit of string that isnt connected to the ballcock to get it to flush. Food here is fab, we met a young Chinese lad called Joe last night, he was 9 and spoke fantastic English, wants to be an astronaught and I bet he ...

... of the tourists putting on a show which we didn't go into ( we didn't know you had to pay for that aswell) Further on we came to the Dong-Xing Ping village ( I think that's what it was called) a very steep walk upto the top with great views on the way and worth it to see the rice fields at the top, very beautifull.The village itself is built on the hill and they build big three story woodern houses, bigger than my house in Sheffield ...

... notre "croisiere" sur la riviere Yantzi... disons que quand on vu que la chambre qu'on avait choisie allait etre une chambre fumeur et partagee avec deux hommes-qui-crachent-et-fument,on s'est fait change de chambre pour avoir une chambre privee... En tout sur les quelques 200 passagers on etait seulement que 5 etrangers... Le 8, premiere journee de croisiere avec repos! On ne s'est pas aventure dans les cuisines alors on n'a que mange des nouilles sec que ...

... congwen a voulu que je boive de la biere. ici les enfants ont le droit de boire de la biere a partir de 6 ans. mais je n ai pas aime. il voulait aussi prendre du vin pour maman - ils font du vin dans la cave de l elephant- mais maman n a pas voulu. nous mangeons vraiment de bonnes choses en chine. ici a table c est poli de manger en faisant du bruit - de grands slurrpppp- on mange avec la bouche tout pret du bole et ouverte. on recrache devant tout le ...

... was another tour. It turned out we were the only ones again although we had paid the group rate. This time we set out to the countryside, a 1 ½ hour drive up and up into the mountains. On the way we stopped off at a minority village. The Yao tribe live there and put on a show showing their customs. One of the customs is that the women only cut their hair twice in their lifetime- once at 18, and again when they get ...