10/21/98: Pretty low-key day today. We hung around town and did some more people watching… NOTE: The photo above shows a river taxi on the Li River in Yangshuo, China.
A Day In The River Life
10/20/98: Today we took a boat tour on the Li River up to the village of Yangti… On board we met Ken and Rochelle who are from Hawaii… They are also dog…
Chinese Arts And Crafts
10/19/98: Ruth went into Guilin on her own to buy our onward tickets. I stayed in so that I could catch up on writing… Later on, we walked around the village here…
Capitalism On The Rise
10/18/98: We went down to the river to watch the boats and the people… I asked one villager if she would take us out on her long bamboo raft, but one of…
Surprise
10/17/98: We wandered around this tiny riverside town a little bit today. A different pace and way of living for sure… Ruth sneaked off and managed to find a bakery, and then…
I Love A Parade
10/16/98: Slept surprisingly well in the “hard sleeper” compartment on the train last night… Bunk beds were stacked three high, six beds to each compartment, with 10 or 12 of such compartments…
Blessed Are The Flexible
10/15/98: Up early to make it to the train station, but a grumpy sales agent who seemed determined to make our day as bad as hers and our trip onward impossible meant…
Peace Corps
10/14/98: We sat in on one of Travis’ classes this morning… The students enthusiastically greeted us in unison with a hearty “Hello!”… The Peace Corps is a pretty cool organization and provides…
Dumplings and Shave Ice
10/13/98: Arrived safely in Panzhihua and met up with my friend Travis. He is teaching English at a university here with the Peace Corps… Hilarity ensued when we got to the campus…
Social Etiquette Is Different Here
10/12/98: We couldn’t go through China without stopping to see Pandas. So today we took a tour to a panda refuge about an hour out of town… We met a fellow traveler…