Wind and rain
Trip Start
Aug 12, 2006
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Trip End
Sep 11, 2006
Chengyang,
China
Sunday, September 3, 2006
Anyway, I got up late as we had a free morning. We had a lazy few hours in Liuzhou with brunch around 11am consisting (for me) of a plain bread sandwich and a coconut cake as I didn't fancy noodles or rice porridge. I also got a couple of bananas from a stall. The seller was shocked when I said I wanted only one, so she said to give her as much money as I wanted to give her for it. I gave her a couple of coins, to which she looked puzzled and shoved another banana in my hand while laughing gently at me. I only wanted one, not a whole bunch which is a strange concept to them. I guess bananas are pretty cheap here
Sunset in Chengyang
.We left after lunch on a public bus for the four-hour journey to the Dong village in Chengyang, near the Wind and Rain bridge. It was very picturesque, we stayed in a wooden guesthouse which was basic but comfortable, surrounded by green hillsides and overlooking the bridge and river.
Nearby there were a few other villages, but we didn't venture out today. We had a group meal cooked by the owner's wife Mrs Wu; some of the others had a swim in the stream by the guesthouse, and we played a few card games before going to sleep. There were huge spiders around, and lots of flying insects. We didn't have air conditioning so it was warm, but at least we had mosquito nets.
