Guilin

My group took a trip down to Guilin for a few days. It was really pretty!

Some guys fishing.
A view of the river. People were swimming in this river too. I thought they were going to get hit my the huge boats, but I don't think any of them ever did.

Behind all of these leaves is Elephant Rock. We didn't want to pay to go see it so this is what we saw. Don't worry, I bought a post card that has a picture of it.

Guilin is so green! I love it!

In China, you either ride a scooter or you drive a really nice car.

I wanted Natalie to get on top of the Lion, but I guess she didn't want to get yelled at by the Chinese guard (not pictured).

Not sure what to say about this picture. I just thought, "cool table. Take a picture."

This is Guilin at night. Sorry, all of my pictures turned out blurry.

I'm not sure what they were building, but they were working hard on it. All I saw them doing was putting water into buckets. If they are trying to move the river, this could take a while.

A place where people go to BBQ...seriously.

One of the streets we went down to buy some junk.

We took a river tour through the mountains. The Dr. Seuss mountains were awesome! I think Dr. Seuss came here before he wrote his books.

Natalie chillin on our boat.

These were the rafts that took us along the river. 8 PVC pipes tied together with chairs on top. We were riding in style!

Now THAT is what I wanted to do. Read a book while floating on a raft. It sounds so relaxing.

More of the Dr. Seuss mountains with the Dr. Seuss trees.

Me on the river boat. Don't you love my outfit? Pink and orange go great together. ;)

A family riding their raft up the river to sell things in the market.

Natalie, me and Angela. We bought our crowns for 1 yuan (about 15 cents) each

I just had to take a picture of this guy. The glasses top off the outfit.

Me on the bus ride to our next stop

This tree is over 1,000 years old. WOW! Now that's what I call the tree of life!

Me on a dock

I held a monkey. He shook my hand and then jumped into my arms. He was so cute! He kind of reminded me of the Chinese children because his pants were cut out so he could go to the bathroom.

Angela and me on the bus ride

Why are Chinese kids so stinkin cute??

ah...I love Guilin

Me in front of the tiny lake

These are scorpions! I guess you can order them in the restaurant and they are fresh.

More bus ride fun

I really don't like this picture of me, but it had to go on here. Angela, Jbiggs, me, Helen and Natalie with random horses in a park. We probably should have taken the picture with the front of the horse...