Back In Beiliu!

We are back in Beiliu! We flew to Hong Kong on June 23rd and arrived on the 24th. We had planned to stay at the airport hotel but some sort of convention or event caused  room rates to skyrocket. Because we didn’t want to pay $500 a night at the Regal, we found ourselves in a district called Lantau and we both loved it there. Our hotel was right across the street from the Silver River. The next morning we had breakfast at a huge outdoor restaurant that was right in front of our hotel. Everybody there was at least 85 years old so we are thinking that maybe there is some sort of retirement village nearby.
 After breakfast, we took a cab back to the airport and we got to see everything we missed during the dark drive the night before. Neither of us realized how lush and rural a good portion of Hong Kong still is. We aren’t completely sure but we think that Lantau is only 5 miles from the airport but they are separated by a small mountain so it’s a 30 minute winding drive but well worth it.
Yesterday afternnon we flew into Nanning and Dr. Vincent and his friend came and picked us up at the airport.  It was a 6 hour round trip drive for them. It was a lovely drive for us and the landscape looked so beautiful and familiar.
This morning we called on Dr. Vincent  again to help us get Chinese SIM cards for our phones.  It was easy enough to do last year but this year we had some problems but he got it all straightened out.
We are staying one more night here in Beiliu and tonight we are having dinner with Dr. Vincent, his wife and son.  We can’t begin to thank him enough for all of his help. We have some gifts for them that we hope they will like.
Tomorrow morning we start walking. It’s crazy hot and humid here so we will be getting an early start. We should be on the road by 4:00 am and by 1:00pm we will be 17 miles closer to Hong Kong.