I didn’t plan many trips this summer. I and excited for this one as the hotel is amazing and I have not been in the southern part of this province. To get to Guangxi, we took a high speed train and then transferred to a bus. A COVID test was required but many of the places when we arrived did not know what to do with our passports so just let us through. We took a COVID test at the final train station just in case it was needed. So Guangdong is the province I live in and ends in dong, which means east. I am visiting guangxi, which ends in xi which means west. Guang means vast. Guangxi is the province just west of where I live. We stopped for lunch at a rest stop.
Near the village there was a border checkpoint. As we are close to Vietnam they take it seriously due to trafficking. It takes a long time for them to input the information and take pictures of everything. Of course, Chinese ID holders they just take a picture without uploading anything. Crazy, since in the news Chinese men have been arrested for coming back into China from Vietnam after illegal activity.
The hotel in the village is beautiful. Large rooms with a huge bathtub and full windows on two sides of the room. We faced the mountains and the fields for a beautiful view from the window and balcony.
Of course we went to the rooftop pool first.
The villagers were sowing the rice seeds when we arrived. The next morning I went for a run to look around the village.
We also rode bikes the last day. it was a beautiful 15km ride through the villages and fields. Gorgeous area. I would definitely come here again.
