Torch in Guilin
Trip Start
May 24, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 11, 2008
Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, China
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Anyway, I stayed in Guilin for 2 nights in a hostel. Guilin is supposed to be really pretty but I didn't really think it was that special. However, on the train ride to Guilin one of the tour guides told me the Olympic torch would be there on June 6. I wasn't planning on watching since Shauna's video of it wasn't exciting, but then I figured I might as well just so that I could say I saw it.
So Saturday morning I got up early as usual and hung out in the lobby for awhile. The day before, I had met a Korean girl on the bus to Guilin. She was also traveling alone and our itineraries for the next 2 weeks basically happened to be the same. Anyway, she came down to the lobby and we headed out in the hot, humid weather and waited for the torch to run by
Guilin: Practicing for Dragon Boat festival
. We actually could see pretty well since we were standing on some steps. After almost an hour of waiting things finally started to happen. First, a couple of advertisement trucks passed by (Cocacola and Samsung I think). Then, finally, I saw the torch. I almost missed it actually because it happened pretty fast. But I still managed to get some video of it. I think the most interesting part was the herd of Chinese people trying to run along with it. I was planning on trying that too but I didn't really want to get trampled on.So now that I've seen the torch, I don't really think it's going to be necessary to go out of my way to see it again. Its actually not very exciting and it happened really fast.
Comments
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wish I visited this blog before I tour-guided you, so I kinda had some ideas about your trip.