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September 23rd 2008
Published: September 23rd 2008
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. There are forty-five million people in Guangx Province. Most of them are not engaged in the tourist industry. Many are peasants, pursuing the cultivation of rice, sugar and fruit but, despite its rural base, Guangxi has many towns and cities. It is still regarded as a backward province. In China, as everywhere, much of the pleasure comes from experiencing the usual rather than the phenomen... Read Full Entry



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Cast figures beside an historic well.
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We visited a tea shop kept by this smiling man ...
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... who had a lot of smiling customers.
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He also had a wonderful mural on the wall.
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This six year old not only already knows the Heart Sutra by heart, she corrected Graham's Cantonese pronunciation.
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This man is not bar-b-queing bat; it is an aubergine.
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Have you ever seen bar-b-qued spring onions (shallots) before?
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An ultra-modern bridge.
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A modern view.
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The clock tower.
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Tuk-tuks plying their trade.
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Cityscape.
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The Buddhist Bamboo temple.
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Me taking a spell at the Bamboo temple.
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Water plants at the bamboo temple.
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Vegetables in the nunnery diningroom at the Bamboo Temple.
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Workers in the Bamboo Temple kitchen.
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Local lore has it that there was a powerful Dragon Mother who once protected the area.
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A view of the Taoist temple associated with the Dragon Mother.
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One alley-way.
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Life on the street.



23rd September 2008

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I'm loving your photos, Gillian. You have a really good eye for presentation.

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