Trip down South

The largest population in the world, The week were all of them travel back to there hometown, and The most troublesome time to get your hands on these precious tickets. Chinese New Year Festival. Of course I had to get into the lines!

Craig playing/watching Chinese chess. Seemed like everybody sitting next to us had an opinion of how this was to be played:-) We were stuck with the hard seats, since everything else was taken. It sure was social, but considered the 30 hour train ride, I don't regret we spent some money upgrading to sleepers. Those "kuai" were well spent!

Apparantly Guangxi is one of the, if not the most economicly "retarded" province in China.

So we had some pretty rough hours on the bus. But surprisingly we didn't see many accidents. Well.. accept this unlucky guy.

Backward, might be. But it sure was some really nice scenery down there.

This was the first village we stayd in.

Is it? Yes it is! A "skigard" in China..mhh. I thought this was only a true Norwegian phenomenon.

An amazing show we watched down in Guilin, one of the most famous scenic places in China.

It was put toge+ther by the director of "Crouching tiger Hidden dragon" movie. 500 people took part in the event and it was all about lights and people perfectly coreographed together. The mountains in the background are real mountains lit up by some serious lights.

If you find yourself in Guilin some day, this is a must see! Even the Chinese had short brakes when they stopped talking loudly to each other.. Thats a sign of quality!

What are these guys waiting for? Are they waiting for the economic boom to unfold in the region? Are they thinkin of their future lives in the countryside? If there are any?

Nahh they were just waiting for the bus, like we also did for 2 hours or so..:-)