Tour Guides

Each time we got a new tour guide, it was great experience. We had Henry most of the time. I think Henry was a great tour guide, but I think he got tired of us whining and complaining...never me of course. Some of the things he said seemed to be the line that is fed to the tour guides to tell Americans and other foriegners. For instance, once he said that they really do not have a homeless problem in China, because it is against the law. To me that was silly because I had experienced several people, including families, sleeping in the park, under bridges, or other places. I don't believe for a minute that the Chinese government can take care of all the homeless masses. He also told us many other things that I felt brushed over serious problems in their society. However he did teach us a lot, he took care of us well, and he made fun of his government the way an American might.

We only had George for a day. He took us around Nanjing and he really funny. He told us about his family and taught us a lot about the history of Nanjing, where we were staying for the month.

Wei (with Lisa)was our favorite. He took us around Guilin. We had to say goodbye to our tour guide, Wei. We all liked him so much. He sang “Mountain Home” to us. We all joined in and all wanted to cry when he said, “No matter where we travel in life, the best trip is always back home.