Friday, December 29, 2006

Peak of Solitary Beauty


This park and hill were located on Guangxi Teachers College campus. There were some 300 steps to the top but it should have counted as more because the steps where much higher and steeper than normal steps. After a year of walking and stair climbing I can now do about 3 flights without wheezing but this climb put me squarely back in my place as the out of shape American. On another part of the campus there was a old section where the students used to take exams. Of course this was after they had prayed for a good score at the local Confucius temple. They were very small partitioned rooms. Impossible to cheat here!

That evening after a good rice noodle meal we walked around the shopping area and finished the night off with a great hour long foot massage for only 20 RMB ($2.25).