I’ll get back to the what-I-totally-meant-to-post-last-week series as soon as I can, since I’m currently in Guilin! I arrived from Shanghai yesterday morning, and the cab driver turned out to be a really good tour guide. His English was pretty good, and he did a great job showing us around and all. After local rice noodles for lunch, we went to the Reed Flute Cave, a series of illuminated karst caves. (Legend has it that the reeds nearby could be made into flutes.) And that was only until 3pm! I’ll tell more about yesterday’s happenings in a later post, but for now, here are the cave photos! (click on the photos for a larger size)

And ever since I’ve arrived in Guilin, I cannot stop listening to Bitter Tea (the Fiery Furnaces’ album), namely the title track. I blame it on the allusions to banyan trees and osmanthus blossoms, both of which are in full abundance here.

Oh, and Guilin is REALLY BEAUTIFUL. It’s one of those things that just goes without saying, such as “The Great Wall is REALLY BIG” or “Public restrooms are REALLY DISGUSTING”, but if you could be here, you’d probably want to reiterate it too. Unfortunately, the 2000-some amateur photos that I have taken can’t even do Guilin’s beauty justice.

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