Airport stop # 9 takes us into Guilin. It was only a 45 minute flight from Guangzhou. (OMG! I don't know how were going to do a 15 hour flight with Jade!) We arrived at our hotel after a one hour drive. Jade was tired and crabby so we laid her down for a nap, and the boys went swimming. The heat and humidity is awful. We are in a subtropical climate. We had a "day of rest" today, so tonight we went out and explored the "real China". The population is only 700,000 here. We are back to getting the "panda in the zoo" looks. There were open meat markets everywhere. Whole duck heads, turkey feet, eel, squid, and I don't want to know the rest. We braved it though and ordered some Guilin Noodles and fried corn on the cob, dumplings, and some sort of mini pies that Jade was pointing at when we walked by. Something that she was obviously familiar with. Tomorrow we do the Li River Boat Cruise. A 4 1/2 hour ride through the beautiful mountain side.
