Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Stop #18 Guilin


After our adventures in Yangshuo we relaxed for a day in Guilin before our flight to Honk Kong. Guilin is a bit more industrial and much larger than Yangshuo, but it was still a nice relaxing stop with the worthwhile Seven Star Park.


We had a lovely time relaxing in the parks of Guilin.

It turned out that it was locked in place.


Kersti fortuitously discovered a panda exhibit in the middle of the park. Unfortunately, the exhibit wasn't complete, so they had the pandas temporarily (I hope) housed in bare cells. There were several pandas, and they seemed relatively content chewing down on their bamboo, but other animals at the nearby zoo were not so lucky. I recommend steering clear of Chinese zoos, it is depressing seeing the animals caged up like that.


We ended our night by having some delicious Sichuan food, including this chicken dish which was delic but ridic spicy. All that red is hot peppers...

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