Day 1 in Nanning











 Resting in Nanning. My hostess’s home on the 4th floor of an apartment building in the city has a huge vegetable garden, yet a lot of mosquitoes loving my blood. I am well fed each meals, while avoiding heavy travel traffic everywhere.

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