Guilin day 2

Well today we took the Li river cruise from around 10am till 2pm. It was quite spectacular. As you can see from the pictures, it is an amazing landscape that you might only see in dreams. The boat was quite nice with AC running on the inside and drinks and lunch provided. Outside was not horrible. It was steamy but with the boat running the breeze kept you cool. The sun was not too intense. As you can see in the photos, it is incredibly hazy. After the cruise and returning to the bus you pass through a few streets of shops selling all kinds of touristy stuff. We did pick up a couple of things but you have to be careful. We were warned that a lot of the items are not all that cheep and not the best quality. Guangzhou is the place to purchase all the goodies. We head there on Saturday.

The day has been long though. We had to be up by 6:30 to get ready, eat and be on the bus by 8:30. It took about an hour to get to the river port for the cruise and after the cruise we had another hour drive back to the hotel.

Mina did pretty well for all the time we spent on the bus and boat. She is really starting to open up to both Susan and I. We really had her giggling this afternoon. She is very inquisitive and quite smart. She knows how to help change a diaper and put a shirt on over her head. We keep discovering more things that she can do each day. She has her 2 or 3 words down pretty good and we are starting on a few more.

Tomorrow is a fee day. Finally! We don’t have to do any official business and we have no group tours or excursions. We plan to check out the city a little more. It is just a beautiful place. We head to Guangzhou on Saturday morning to finish the last leg of our tour.

Till tomorrow...