July 26

Today it is Tony's turn to blog as Mary is now in the land of the walking-sleeping people.  There really is something to this jet-lag business that completely screws with your brain in ways sometimes only others can see!!
Anyway, here we are in Nanning, meaning "southern peace".  Tomorrow is "gotcha day" and any peace will be shattered.  We are settling into our Hotel, which after a room move seems quite acceptable.  Lily is completely wired, ranging from falling asleep at the dinner table to wild fits of uncontrollable giggles in about 15 milliseconds.
Last night we experienced a Mongolian restaurant.  Half the menu consisted of organs we would only expect to see on a pathology report.  One could sample the male reproductive organs of almost any mammalian species, or alternatively camel hooves perpared in any of a dozen ways.  It was also "open mike night" with a variety of singers and dancers, balancing plates on heads, playing odd chinese stringed instruments etc.  Lily was particularly keen on one singer, but I suspect only because she sounded a bit like one of our schnausers yodelling.  Anyway, on the good side, it was all made more entertaining by the beer and the whole thing cost less that $30 all in.
 
A couple more photos from yesterday attatched - the Temple of Heaven
 
Mofre excitment tomorrow

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