This morning we finally did some exercise - we rented 4 bikes and, along with Wei, we did a bike ride in the countryside of about 15 miles total. It was again 90 degrees and 95% humidity at 8AM, so we were drenched in 10 minutes. What a riot trying to dodge traffic and cut across roundabouts and streets. We all wore helmets and ended up at the Banyon Tree Park and Moon Hill City for photos that we will post. The ride lasted two hours and we went back to the hotel to cool off, shower and return to Guilin. The ride was about 2 hours and we had our first sustained rain of the trip. We have actually had great weather throughout and even today was just traveling. We stopped in Guilin for lunch that was OK and then Wei dropped us at the Guilin airport for the trip to Hong Kong.
We arrived in Hong Kong this evening about 6:30 and the views flying in over the sea were spectacular. Hong Kong is AMAZING!! Our hotel is ridiculous, right on the harbor and in a great part of the city. We had dinner overlooking the harbor this evening and watched all of the boats going by. This is going to a fun last few days and we will try to post photos although the internet is REALLY SLOW.By the way, we happen to be here on July 1 which is the 13th anniversary of the day Great Britain returned Hong KKong to China in 1997. We'll see what kind of celebrations there are tomorrow. we did find out that Hong Kong money is different than mainland China and that it an international flight from mainland China to Hong Kong. The airport here is only 12 years old and is the biggest, most beautiful airport I have ever seen.Hong Kong celebrates Christmas, Easter and the Chinese New Year, so they kind of honor both; however, according to William our guide here, they have an autonomous government because they think the Communists say one thing and do another. It's just very interesting how they feel they are separate still.
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