What's Up Al ? 遊記隨筆 生活點滴

During our time in Guang Xi (廣西), we experienced a few pretty hot days towards the end of Autumn and visiting the seaside city of Bei Hai (北海) felt like we had been transported to a tropical island with its silver beaches and blue sea. It was incredible to think that at this time of the year, swimmers still came out in droves and headed right for the sea for a cooling off dip ! Yeh - it was 31C and walking along the steamy beautiful Silver Beach (銀灘) made us wish for a cool beer and a good lazy lie-down on a hammock and enjoy the sea breeze. Luckily it became cooler as we visited the inland Bei Hai Old Town (北海老街) with its very nostalgic and characteristic buildings that resembled those we had seen in the China towns all over South East Asia.
It was quite a different story a few days later when the first Winter systems engulfed Guang Xi and fortunately we brought along on this trip our wind breakers and long sleeves which did the job of keeping us wrapped up warm in the chilly days we spent in the mountains of 南寧青秀山 and 桂平西山. These two mountain ranges although not extremely huge in terms of acres of land but they still offered a good work out of our already tired limbs ! As in most cases we found in China, compared to the cities, the mountains and park lands offered a completely different standard of quality of air and it was no different here; so with our lungs pumped up with fresh oxygen, we tackled these mountains energetically and we were rewarded with stupendous views of the villages and scenery all round when we reached the zeniths. Of course, we ate our hearts out afterwards or otherwise we might have lost a lot of weight after this enjoyable trip to the southwest corner of China - Guang Xi.