 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 |