Osmanthus Guilin

... motion of the train; I crossed my palms over my chest to make more room and smiled as I remembered images of Egyptian mummies and entombed medieval knights lying in similar poses for the longest sleep of all.








(Unfortunately I have no pictures so I've found a couple of picture links:


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... 1496;ר 92; אוסרת עליהם. ואלו שעובר 97;ם על החוק רוצים המון כסף.
הי ;יתי אנוס למצוא פתרון. ומ ...

... and saw the 2nd guy having his hand inside of the lady's handbag whilst she was asleep.
I instantly leapt across and slapped him on his arm. He sheepishly withdrew his long stealing arm and looked rather embarassed. The lady woke up and didn't quite realize what had just happened. I told her in my few Chinese words that the guy was trying to steal from her.
Unfortunately I can't speak very much Chinese or I would have ...

... vooralsnog blijft de oorzaak onbekend. Tot slot: lachen dat Chinese vrouwen zo vaak zeggen hoe mooi je bent (meer Engels kennen ze waarschijnlijk niet haha). Hoe mooi je ogen zijn en vandaag: Dat ze helemaal weg zijn van je teint. Of dat "natural" is. Rot op mensen: ik zie eruit als een rooie kreeft in sportieve BROEKEN, draag poloshirts, loop op slippers (dikwijls zonder make-up). Ik heb een heel ander beeld van "mooi" maar goed, vleiend is het wel!

Once we got to our room in Guilin we all had to use the bathroom. So, I went in ours first. It smelled like a Chinese outhouse. Seriously, there is a very distinct smell of the bathroom waste here. LOL. It is sooo disgusting, and our room bathroom smelled very strongly of it. I wonder if it was the pipes or what. I held my breath the whole time and left out gagging. I tried breathing in through my mouth once, and I swear to you I could taste it. Oh my god, when I got out I was ...

... to teach English and Spanish. Most of the life is centered around the Li River. Every morning you will find people doing there wash there. You will also find many people practicing Tai Chi there. Life in Yangshuo is slow and peaceful. The Li River flows the boats flow and the local just relax. Another hard day at work as the moon rises over the Li River I bid you a good bye.

... while I panted like a rabid dog & got the colour down in my face before I could resume the ascent!! At the top it was an absolutely stunning view over Guilin..the smoky 'termite mound' mountains and the long winding river. We also got targeted at the top by a local man who cuts your profile into folded paper. An interesting concept. Until you see the result of his handiwork. This is quite a short blog as we were only in Guilin for 3 days ...

... more than 1/2 of the plane was filled with foreigners! I guess it was connecting two major tourist areas, but I was wondering where all of those people were hiding when I was in Xi'an! ;) In Guilin, once I got to my hotel room, I decided to do some exploring in the city. I noticed I wasn't in the best location, but the Seven Star Park was nearby. I entered through the southernmost entrance and felt like I was the only person in the whole ...

... our for our last stroll around Guìlín downtown. We found ourselves again at Zhengyang Buxingjie, or Zhengyang Pedestrian Street. There was nothing more in particular we had in our plans. I just spotted another one of those CD-and-DVD shops and asked Yan Hua if we could go in. Almost the moment we entered, a young shop assistant approached us and asked in English: "Can I help you?" "Actually, yes," I said. "I wonder if you might have any Gong Li movies." "Gong Li? Yes, we do." "But ...