Beihai – Qinzhou, Guangxi - 106 km
Leaving Beihai, the fog slowly rose, revealing small and quaint fishing
hamlets. To my one side was the ocean and to the other, an inlet or
river with picturesque and busy harbours. The path eventually left the
coast and slowly veered inland through dense forestry plantations
and past sawmills and other wood-related works.
At a traffic light, I stopped next to a lady on a tricycle. I said, "Ni-
hau," and she said, "Hello." We laughed as we knew these two words
were the total of our foreign language vocabulary. She continued in
Chinese, and I replied in English: "Yes, I am going to Nanning and I
am from South Africa." One never knows. Maybe that's what she
asked. LOL. Then, the light changed, and we waved goodbye like old
friends.