Guilin......
CHINA | Wednesday, 23 February 2011 | Views [427] | Comments [1]
NI hao wed 23feb
Loving wifi and bringing my little compter with me.......its 5am and im lying snug in my bed......heaters on...and even have
an electric blankie...just need that hot choc.
Havent bought a marshmellow jacket as yet....tried some on yesterday, and they just dont seem to do it for me.
So far we have looked at alot of shops....Omg....they are everywhere....huge, and all they sell are marshmellow jackets...
lots of thermos (very stylish ones indeed)....and jeans. I can not just buy a jumper. I can find
tight fitted syntho knitted tops, but not big fluffy snuggly jumpers. I keep seeing the women knitting but none in the shops.....i gather im looking in the wrong spot......
They also have loud blaring chinese pop music out of the shops, one after the other...all competing, which turns into one very loud BLAH in
in your head. Love it when you walk in cause they dont say hello and say small talk crap like we do at home....they leave you alone....only cause im white!!
Man these chinese love billboards!! humungas ones.....
everywhere. Its a reminder that I am in China with all the huge writing everywhere and billboards. Have no idea what it all
says.....bar one.....yes Mcdonalds.....good ol maccas. Good for a kid that wants something other than noodles!
Food...mmm yes i can see im going to be over noodles very soon....like tonight. China is not a place for vegetarians...very difficult. Mostly we get by pictures on the menu or point...as they make up meals in front of you...with all the ingriedients in bowls....but none of them have just vegies. Last night i finally found one that sells all sorts of vegies and meat. Pretty
cool actually....you pick a skewer of whatever....could be broccolii, mushrooms, beans..whatever and then she...dips it in a thing of oil and cooks it...then paints it with some sort of sauce and then sprinkles msg!! mmmm msg....lots of oil.... if you dont watch and know the cooking process it taste ok .. and only cost $1.50 with rice....and that does the both of us.
We've had noodles everywhere even in KL....here they are swimming in oil.....gross.
Im yet to find just steamed vegies....and havent come across any fruit as yet. Hopefully when we get out into the real China
we may find some....or will it be more difficult?? so dont be suprised if i come back looking like a bubbaboom.
Oh yes will include a photo of part of an english menu that we found.....we opted for the vegie noodles and not the ........you have a look...mmmm yum yum for my tum
Yes we have done some things other than eating and looking at shops. We checked out the 2 pagodas here on the lake....sun and moon....and the surrounding park. Pretty cool to see some real Chinese buildings...and for me to take note to make clay versions It hasnt been the best weather for it...its all misty....and still a fine mist of rain.
Also checked out the men fishing on the river....they use birds to catch there fish...pretty cool to watch. Kailani knew all about it,
seen it on amazing race ( the tv show)....and she knew of the pagodas because thats where they had to check in....was good as that kept her interested.
So now we are just about to leave Guilin.......and heading down to Yangshou...on the bamboo raft ride....mmmm yes its still raining mmm great.........backpacks
hopefully wont get wet.
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