hmmmm. where do i begin!!?? i left beautiful laos almost 2 weeks ago and met my good friend, zack jackson, in macau, where he is currently living and working. it was so so so nice to see a familiar face, to talk about familiar things, and just laugh and laugh and laugh. after a horrible stint of a little how do you say... FOOD POISONING we embarked on a chinese excursion through GUANGXI provence. the landscape was absolutely stunning, the people and the food however, not so much. from my experience thus so far of china, i have realized im not so partial to chinese customs... like... spitting, snotting, shoving, their inability to understand what a line is. things like that. but alas, what can you do. ha
a building facade somewheres in macau. macau has a ton of european influence due to colonisation by the portuguese... hence the euro architecture
haha. this was in guilin. zack and i dressed up like little china men and went to the theata. it was a hoot.
damn chinese, sitting on the grass...
eating "dry, braised dogs" and what not
zack and i went to this chinese outdoor theatre, the largest in all of asia, and saw the most INCREDIBLE show i have ever seen in my entire life. it puts cirque de soleil to shame. the spectacle is performed entirely on the water in yangshou surrounded by lit up karst mountains. it was choreographed by sanjie liu, the man behind the opening ceremony of the 2008 beijing olympics.i feel truly blessed to have been given the opportunity to see this!!! unfortunately, my pics don't give this event any justice.
beautiful guilin by the river.
these are the famous guilin pagodas at banyon lake. at night they light up... but we didnt make it.
we took the Li River boat cruise from guilin to yangshou. it was incredibly beautiful. the landscape here is basically what you see in all the movies set in china. quintessential chinese landscape.
long ji rice terraces in the mountains of guangxi province. this village hosts a minority people where the women dawn super long hair (like 2 meters long). they only cut their hair on two occasions throughout their life: when they get married and when they have a baby. the women have carved the rice terraces from the mountains throughout the centuries. so incredible. unfortunately, when we visited it was insanely foggy, but it eventually cleared up a little to get a couple of shots.
we took THE MOST chinese sleeper bus from yangshou to shenzhen. 12 hours later they dropped us on the side of the rode and instructed us to take # 7 bus into HK. 3 hours of several obscure and delirious bus rides we finally made it to HK. phew what a day. now in HK, we are having an incredible time in this swanky city. my sister arrived yesterday for her spring break and to celebrate my BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!! lovin life and keepin it real.
love all yous!!!
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