Our main hotel in Guilin |
View from across the street |
Folks use the river to wash their clothes |
Artist |
Gave me a smile ! |
Hotel lobby |
Visit to Reed Flute Caves |
Visit to Reed FluteCaves |
Cave Explorers - Spelunkers ! :o) |
Visit to Reed Flute Caves |
Ancient writing on cave wall |
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With our guide John Li |
Tour boat of Li River |
Tourist |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes - locks |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Li River scenes |
Fishing with Cormorants - Li River at night |
Fishing with Cormorants - removing the fish |
Fishing with Cormorants - Li River at night |
Li River - pagotas |
Waller Fall Hotel - really ! |
Tourists |
Guilin |
Guilin - women get together and dance on the street ! |
Fixing my broken tripod |
Water Buffalo in countryside |
Water Buffalo in countryside |
Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
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Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
Old Boatman |
Lovely Boat-girl ! |
Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
Visit to small ancient village |
Spinner |
Weaver |
Throwing charm for luck ! |
Charmer Girl |
Cliff, John and Ethel |
Ethel helps with translation of new sign |
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Visit to small ancient village |
Hotel lunch - includes everything ! |
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Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Li River bamboo raft cruise |
Over the falls ! |
Yeah ! |
Our Pole Man ! |
Friend waiting for us after cruise |
Even MORE friends wanting our picture ! |
Even MORE friends wanting our picture ! |
The old way |
Vendor |
Fresh veggies |
Gulin night walking street |
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The fashions of Guilin |
The fashions of Guilin |
Little shopper |
Small shop |
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Weaver girl |
View from our Guilin Hotel room |
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Our Guilin hotel |
Persimmon peeler |
Pomelos |
Dried persimmons |
Drying persimmon racks |
Gal in the rice fields ! |
Rice stalks |
Rice stooks |
Rice |
Rice Harvesters |
John and Ethel |
Gender equality ? |
Note the truck on the right - quite common |
Transportation ! |
Transportation ! |
Exploring another old village |
Exploring another old village |
This is one way.. |
Pretty girl |
Exploring another old village |
Opium pipes |
Old Chinese writing |
Exploring another old village |
Chinese Medicine Shop |
Our driver, Zhiao getting cupping treatment |
Looks painful - but said it worked ! |
Gourds |
Grandmother |
Tourists (again) |
Elderly lady who graciously agreed to pose ! |
Another |
Nice ladies |
Note the engine mechanism - very common here |
View from the street |
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Tile cutting |
Pooch |
Toddler |
Our old friend, The Chairman ! |
Ethel, John and Zhiao |
Li River boats |
River scene |
Our impromtu lunch in Gulin |
Our impromtu lunch in Gulin |
Fresh made ! |
The kitchen |
Lunch ! |
Deep fried herring (I think) |
She LOVED them ! |
Snake in a bottle |
Gulin scenes |
Gulin scenes |
Gulin scenes |
Gulin scenes |
Gulin scenes |