After Yangshuo, Noel and I decided we would travel by land to Cat Ba Island. We first took a train to Nanning, China to pick up my visa at the embassy. Unfortunately, the train was sold out forcing us to stay the night at Nanning Travelers Hostel before we were able to take the bus to Hai Phong. It did give us a chance to explore the area!
Nanning turned out to be a pretty strange city. It was the first large city I spent any amount of time in, but it seemed totally different from the China I thought I knew. Everything was dead quiet and super modern. The China I knew was load and chaotic with construction and crowded markets. everywhere. Here there as no construction and even the motorbikes were silent. It was an eerily creepy silent city.
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| Selfie in the business district. |
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| The center of the business district. |
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| Noel and a vending machine bookstore. Pretty awesome idea if you know exactly which book you are looking for. |
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| The street food market. The largest I've ever seen! |
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| The market sold a number of weird bugs including rice stuffed scorpions and centipedes. I was almost certain no locals would even come close to touching them and it was for tourists only. Pretty nasty stuff! |
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