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Welcome to Linda's and Garr's China pictures. |
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| The next morning, as we waited to board the bus for the Kaili train station, we saw this rabbit at the edge of the Kaili Hotel parking lot. |
| Kaili, seen from the bus. |
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| Train station in Kaili. |
| Coal cars often were lined with sticks, maybe bamboo, so that the load could be stacked just a bit higher. |
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| "Hard seat" train car bound for Guiyang. Jay and Edda in the aisle. On the right: Al and Zena, and Carol in the second seat. |
| Train to Guiyang: On the left, front to back by seat: Barbara and Don G., Bettemae and Charlie, Joyce, and in the back, Linda waving. On right: Don J. in foreground, and Edda talking to Sandra. |
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| View from the train on the way from Kaili to Guiyang. |
| Frank, a student and local guide, and Stan talk on the train. |
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| Freeway over the river and another train track on the way to Guiyang. |
| Typical train trestle on the way to Guiyang. Many trestles were higher up, however. |
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| View from the train on the four hour trip to Guiyang. |
| A load of cement power poles seen from the train to Guiyang. |
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| Bridge and dirt road seen from the train to Guiyang. |
| A soldier salutes the train as we pass. On this trip that was common. |
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| Our luggage at the train station as we arrive in Guiyang. |
| (L to R) Edda, Carol, and Garr in front of the train station in Guiyang. |
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| (L to R) Garr, Stan, John and Lynn in front of the train station in Guiyang. |
| Part of downtown Guiyang, including a couple of the fireworks-like light displays that we saw in most large Chinese cities. Also see a similar picture from Luoyang, in southwest China. |
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| A circular walk with shops, above an intersection in downtown Guiyang. |
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| More construction in downtown Guiyang. |
| The Guiyang telecommunications tower stands on the hill in the background. |
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| Downtown Guiyang. |
| In this small shop you can use a computer for 2 Yuan, about 25 cents, an hour. They have 12 computers here on one ISDN line. On the closest computers are Linda (left) and Maggie (right). |
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