May Day

Labor Day, May 1st ("5.1" on the sign), is a big holiday here so we visited the scenic part of our province of Guangxi.

 Guilin takes its place among the aristocracy of China's top sights with its ...

... greenery and Osmanthus trees. Seven Stars Park was opened to sightseers as far back as the Sui dynasty.

 One of the highlights is the Dark Dragon Cave, ...

... full of stalagmites and stalactites colored by floodlights -- see the rabbit?

A highlight was the boat trip down the Li River amidst the karst limestone mountains ...

 ... so famous that it's on the currency.

 We passed up the bamboo rafts in favor of a larger boat.

 Yangshuo is swamped with tourists, from an artist sketching the scenery ...

 ... to West Street (imagine Bourbon Street without the raunch and hurricanes).

So lots of flavor for a great get-away.