Guilin, China -- a place that has seen a lot of change, even in the past few years. With the relaxation on restrictions of travel between neighboring provinces, Chinese from other areas are now flocking to these places in droves, supplying the local economy with booming tourism. In return, people bring back with them digital pic memories, trinket souvenirs and hours upon hours of video that I'm sure will both wow and moan/groan their friends back home.
The sites are pretty cool, albeit a bit sparse. We were on a 4 day tour, and some of that time was catered to the usual tour group stuff: suckered into tea-drinking places to buy tea, ushered into medicinal factories to perhaps buy some god-awful smelling ointments, and even a trip to a foot massage/reflexology center for a foot massage, and perhaps a chance to be talked into buying a lot of creams and things for the flight home.
The slideshow has a few of my fave highlights, and since I'll be heading home next week, I might wait to work on the videos I took in Guilin when I arrive back in Los Angeles.
As always, links to the album are on the bottom if you want the larger views:
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