Ming Cheng Guilin

... br><br>We spent the rest of the afternnin having a look around, eating and shopping. We finished the day off watching some Comorant Night Fishing and had our pictures taken with the actual fisherman off the HSBC advert. Clare was starstruck!!!<br><br>We got the last bus back to Guilin at 8.30 pm which was horrific. The journey should have taken an hour and a half but the driver managed it in 50 minutes! Enough said!!!!!!<br><br>Enjoy he pics!!!!

... and tools, art supplies, silk, embroidery, wood carvings, furniture, bronze and brass wares, knick knacks, jade, the list goes on and on. Of course as with most places, bargaining is a necessity, but the dealers are pretty easy to deal with. Since not many visitors know of this place, prices are still very very low. If you are in this neck of the woods, and want to check it out, try to give yourself the day to do it. The more you explore the more you will ...

... train. We managed to jam everything in like tetris to an area about the size of a bathroom. Picture 2 guys over 6'5'', 12 bags, three more guys, a girl, and a 3 meals worth of drinks and instant noodles. It was a sight to see. <br><br>I wish I had a picture, but my camera was buried in the mass of people and luggage. <br><br>Eventually, when we got settled to little Chinese kids came back to sit and talk. They gave us sunflower seeds and hung around for about 2 hours. They asked ...

... did not have any ice cream and I knew how much Marina loved banana splits. So we had a few different kinds of cake and shared. In the morning I go back to Yangshuo. 05-21-09 SUNNY MORNING It was nice the last couple of days. It seemed like when I got back to Yangshuo so did the good weather. Not doing much lately. Went out to one of my favorite spots for lunch. They just got in a new supply of SEAWEED for their soup. They drop it ...

... Flight and got in at a reasonable time so went for another evening walk around the area. Early rise This is a spectactular place and I really enjoyed the half day cruise on the Li, the scenery was the best yet. It is like nowhere else in the world, used up quite a bit of memory space on that too, another flattish battery. The mountains which are more like mounds are nothing like the rolling hills of Devon!! Small Bamboo floats come up and try to sell you everything ...

... in je tako namenjen precej bolj domacim turistom kot pa nam tujcem. Dejansko je treba priznati, da je kitajskih turistov ogromno in po kupni moci nic kaj ne zaostajajo za zahodnjaki, popotnike kot pa sva midva pa s svojo potrosnjo na znamenitostih povsem zasencijo. V starodavnem obzidju se nahaja nekdanja univerza, na kateri so se solali premozni mescani v 14. stoletju nasega stetja. Posebej zanimiva zgradba je poslopje za opravljanje izpitov z locenimi prostori za ...

... that we were back at the hostel, and Tom and I decided to treat ourselves to a few drinks in the hostel bar... We met up with a newly wed couple, Stefano and Lauren, that we had met the night before and let the drinks start flowing... There was an offer in the bar too - sing a song with the local guitarist, get a free drink... I thought I'd just do one song for the hell of it... but that turned into two, which turned into me singing with no ...

... a boat ride along the River Li, admiring the various karsts in the distance, all of which have names based on their appearance, such as Elephant Hill etc. The kids had fun having a steer of the boat and we saw some of the cormorants with ties around their necks on the wooden rafts which the locals use for fishing, although we didn't get to see any of them actually diving for fish. Apparently they let the ...

... in it, but it was rice cooked in a piece of bamboo. It looked very cool and tasted great. After such a hearty breakfast we headed out for a hike around the terrace. There are 3 view points that you can hike between. Its supposed to take about 4 hrs, so it's a good way to fill the day. We hiked all the way up to the top of the terrace, where the view was even better then from the guesthouse. The amount of work it must've taken to build the terrace is ...

... is an abundance of food and good food at that - the water conditions are still not great but better than I remember. Mosquito's are also less abundant (amen)... so that is also progress and for that I am glad that things have changed. Tomorrow we head to Beijing - the last stop. A shout out to my sister - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And to my friend Deidra - I'm hoping knee surgery is breeze and be well sista. To all the mom's happy mother's day!!!