Nanning was more necessity than chosen for its highlights as
our last stop in China. It has a Vietnamese embassy which we needed to arrange
our visas. Nanning is a crowded city. All business during the day but really
comes alive in the evening. Just around the corner of the hotel there is a
wonderful food market. Around five they close the street for traffic and food
stands pop-up. Vegetables, fish and all kinds of meat, everything was there and
all super fresh. For example the fish stand. They displayed there freshly cut
off fish heads on a table while the gill where still moving for oxygen. Some
would think it’s cruel, for Chinese this is the only way to sell fish, seafood
and meat (also in the normal supermarket fish are alive and wait for their new
owner)
On the other side of the hotel is the Yong River that flows
through the heart of Nanning. On the side they made a boulevard with the width
of a six lane road (it’s build above the road) and it’s THE place to be in the
evening. Every club or sub-culture gathers here. Dozens of dance groups (from
line dance till break dance), tai chi, skate boarders, bikers and open air
karaoke it’s all there. It’s wonderful to see everybody is doing their sports
and hobbies out in the open. Caro was also trying some line dancing, but we
found out very fast that she doesn't have any skills; also a personal coach didn't
help J
Just outside the city is a popular beach resort, Beihai. A
bus takes you there in “only” 3 hours. On a perfectly sunny day we discovered
this almost empty Chinese beach. We enjoyed summer, sun, cold drinks, some nice
chats and delicious shrimps.
After 5 days we had our visas. We could move on to Vietnam.
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