Hi everybody, just a quick mail but a LOT of photos showcasing our first couple of weeks in China. We started this leg of The Trip in Nanning, a nice-but-kinda-non-descript city just over the border from Vietnam. Here the local delicacy was dog hot-pot, snake hot-pot and just-about-anything-else-hot-pot, but we managed to stick to good ol' boiled rice. Phew!!
From Nanning we travelled into lush, green Guillin and Yangshuo. Famous for their rock formations and rivers, we spent about a week being 'tres sportifs' and putting our newly purchased bikes to good use. Although both of us have since vowed NEVER AGAIN will we cycle 30k in one go!!! But check out the gorg scenery from Marty's snaps, nice. Also had fun watching some very smart cormorant birds catching fish for their handlers, strange but interesting.
Certainly the highlight of the past few weeks has been Hong Kong. This city/country/island (and to an extent, its neighbour Macao) is shockingly modern and has everything any Westerner far from home could wish for. That said, its hard to believe sometimes that this is in fact Asia and not some flashy European city. But much fun was had here, despite the awful result for the Irish against France in the World Cup...
From Nanning we travelled into lush, green Guillin and Yangshuo. Famous for their rock formations and rivers, we spent about a week being 'tres sportifs' and putting our newly purchased bikes to good use. Although both of us have since vowed NEVER AGAIN will we cycle 30k in one go!!! But check out the gorg scenery from Marty's snaps, nice. Also had fun watching some very smart cormorant birds catching fish for their handlers, strange but interesting.
Certainly the highlight of the past few weeks has been Hong Kong. This city/country/island (and to an extent, its neighbour Macao) is shockingly modern and has everything any Westerner far from home could wish for. That said, its hard to believe sometimes that this is in fact Asia and not some flashy European city. But much fun was had here, despite the awful result for the Irish against France in the World Cup...
Next steps? Em, not really sure at the moment as all the trains are booked up cos of the Mid-Autumn shenanigans but we'll keep you posted!! Love Susie and Marty xoxox