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China, Guilin

Rainy Day Walk-about in Guilin

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A solid wood tea table and "chairs" made of sliced tree crosssections beside an elegant Chinese screen and door. This is the lobby of the Aroma Tea House in Guilin, China.
A woman with an umbrella walking on a wet walkway paved with stone being swept by an orange vested worker wearing a broad brimmed woven bamboo hat, in Guilin, China.
A group of people singing in a floating pavilion with a dragon head on Rong Lake in Guilin, China.
A wet pathway of alternating square cut stone and embedded pebbles running along the edge of the lakes in Guilin, China.
Lovely bas-relief art, inspired by the local landscape, adorns this boat and pedestrian underpass, a very busy street runs above it. Guilin, China.
The sun and moon pagodas on Rong Lake in Guilin, China, on a gray, rainy day.
People with umbrellas fishing in the lake in Guilin, China.
An ornate gate along the path around the lakes in Guilin, China.
A large puddle reflects the moon pagoda and a walker with an umbrella, in Guilin, China.
Variety of paths and a boardwalk over a small stream in Guilin, China.

No matter how I try, I can’t seem to be systematic about publishing photos. These are from my May trip to Guilin, in China, during their rainy season. The last full day we were there we wandered around the lakes in the middle of town in the rain. We were wet through and through, but we didn’t want to waste any time in that lovely city.

Some other posts from that trip are: Rainy Season on the Li River, Which Way to the Karst?, Sun and Moon Illuminated and Illuminating, A Few Rainy Days in Guilin China-Day 1, A Few Rainy Days in Guilin China-Day 2, Misty Vistas.

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Umbrella

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These days I nearly always keep a small umbrella with me. This wasn’t always so.

I live in Seattle, sometimes called “rain city”. But we don’t tend to use umbrellas much. I’m not sure why that is, maybe it’s just cultural or maybe it is the nature of our rain: it isn’t usually exceptionally heavy and often is just very wet air that seems to come at you from all directions…or if it is heavy it is often combined with wind that makes an umbrella more of a nuisance than a help.

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