I woke to a cool grey day. Maybe even brown. Very often the sky in China is brown due to pollution, desert dust or whatever other reason.
I only have today at Guilin and wanted to take in the various sights. First up, I climbed up to Solitary Beauty Peak. The Peak is one of the several outcrops in town. It provided a good outlook of the area despite the haze.
Next was the Seven Star Park. It seems to be a weird combination of a public park, amusement park, zoo, temple etc that also incorporates a large winding cave. The cave was probably the highlight with many stalactites and stalagmites. Being China, the cave floor had been paved over and there was full GSM mobile coverage in there for your phone!
Unfortunately the beauty of the park was spoilt by numerous cartoon characters everywhere. Disney would have a field day counting the number of copyright infringements.
I head to the countryside tomorrow … that should suit me better.
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- Solitary Beauty Peak.
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- Bridge in Seven Star Park.
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- Guilin.
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- River rafts drying out.
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- Come fly with me.
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- In the country of pirate DVDs, copyright infringement has never looked so bad. Taken in Seven Star Park.
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- Isn’t it strange all the kids have round eyes? At least they have black hair. In Seven Star Park.
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- Inside the temple in Seven Star Park.
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- Inside Seven Star Cave … looks like an audience in the balcony seats of the opera.
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- Near the Panda enclosure, but none were there for me today.
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- Love box … yes we Chinese have a different view on love.
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- Girls in traditional costumes … excuse the tree … if they saw me taking it I’d have to pay.
