Xin Xi Jie Hotel Guilin Yangshuo

... like a nice lady in her 40's. She was telling me how lucky I am to have 4 boys as all chinese mothers want boys & can only have 1 child.



We rode to Moon Hill which is a limestone pinnacle with a moon shaped hole. We decided we didn't want to do the 1 1/2 hour walk to the top up 1251 steps as this was a bike riding day.



Shortly after this we were ...

... cartoon beefcake boyfriend. After 2 climbs - both around 25 metres I was completely shot. I got about 3 metres up the 3rd climb and could lift my sorry bones no more. At this stage, I opted to retire to the picnic rug with my oreos and call it a day and treat myself to a massage in the afternoon. I kept treating myself into the evening, when i took in a light and sound show developed by the brains behind the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. It was ...

... 1504;חתם בשקיו 14; פלסטי 11;, ונאטם בקופס 92; שגם היא היתה עטופה בעוד כמה שכבות. הפעם המים לא ינצח ...

18th SEPTEMBER

Guilin, the Chinese tourist's "dream" was a big disappointment and we grabbed a coach which sped away into the sunset - otherwise known as Yangshuo.

As mentioned before, we have rarely seen western tourists in China. One or two on the Great Wall and the Terracotta warriors, but often they were the same people! It was in Yangshuo where this all changed. If Guilin is China's premier destination for the Chinese, then Yangshuo is the premier destination ...

... met some of the other teachers that are here for orientation too! We decided to rent bikes (less than 1 USD per day) with Emmanuel from Canada, Amy from Connecticut, and Craig from Florida. Very awesome group of people that we spent the rest of the day with. The scenery is breathtaking, and cannot be put into words. Check out the pictures I upload!

At night time we decided to go out ...

... portal, which looked like a big mouth with limestone teeth. The whole Karst mountain region is riddled with caves, most of them unknown or noncommercial. The little skiffs were pretty tricky to get in, and they rocked and threatened to turn over, until we all boarded and started on our excursion. Our guide repeatedly warned the men to duck their heads and avoid the headaches.

Once we safely landed at the little pier, we all got out, rocking the proverbial boat.

I already showed you the pictures. Let me tell you about my train ride. After looking around in Beijing I came back to my Hostel and showered and caught the bus to the train station. One hour of standing with my arms raised holding onto a rail with wall to wall people, I am glad I showered. To enter the train waiting areas you show your ticket and put your bags through xray and then find your waiting area. I went to waiting area 10 and had to wait ...

... Asien sein. Nach zweistuendig** Busfahrt kamen wir dann auch in den total v**nebelten B**gen an und konnten uns die Reist**rassen dann mehr od** we***** durch den Dunst ansehen. Das was man sehen konnte war dann zwar ziemlich beeindruckend, ab** es war dann auch an d** Zeit Richtung Norden aufzubrechen um dem Regen zu entgehen. An uns**em letzten Tag in Guilin sind wir dann auch noch einmal so richtig schoen nass geworden, was vor ein** weit**en Nachtzugfahrt besond**s angenehm ist.

... He is still developing his language program to teach local English and foreigners Chinese. But he has not been home for more then two years and thinks that this fall he will have to go home to make some real money to live. At the tour guide class this evening we had about 50% new people so it is hard to know where to start our lessons each night. Dawn goes over the basic grammar and phonetic alphabet and they all seem to ...

... each. Steve's shirt says, "I have no money, leave me alone" and Sara's says, "I'm crazy". We are both quite proud to wear our shirts and everyone who knows Chinese thinks they are hilarious. It was a good day. Some may say we are crazy for doing all by taking public transportion, but we find this to be the most enjoyable part of it all. Also, we usually get where we want to go, just maybe not always the most direct.