We also made a short school visit. We visited Xia Yan School on the way back to Guilin. This is a school sponsored by People to People. It is in a very poor area attended mostly by one of the Chinese minorities. This was a very different experience from the previous school we visited in Beijing. Classes were large, 40-45, and resources few. The kids were expecting us and VERY excited to have visitors. They all wanted their pictures taken. See photos!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Yangshou
River Cruise
Sunday, October 17
By the way, they openly charge more for the cruise to foreign tourists. They even have different boats for foreign and domestic tourists. The weather was a bit steamy. It is a rather tropical feel here compared to the weather in Beijing which was much like Iowa fall. We disembarked in Yangshou, which was a very interesting resort/fishing village. The area is changing very fast and what used to be a rather primitive fishing village is now developing as a tourist attraction.
Fisherman float on river using bamboo rafts. |
Water buffalo "grazing" from the river |
Phoenix bamboo trees - there are thousands of varieties of bamboo - this is only one |
Arrived in Guilin
Sunday, October 17
We traveled from Beijing to Guilin. (See photo boarding Air China) I have included a photo frm the plane of my roommate, Peggy on the right and Mo from Monterey, CA on the right. We are having fun and it is great to meet so many great people! Also a photo of the Guilin Airport. Guilin is in a rural area so very different from Beijing. I am looking forward to an all day cruise on the Li River tomorrow and a visit to Xia Yan School which is sponsored by People to People. More on that tomorrow!
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