Southern China memories

I FINALLY found an internet place
(after like 2 days of looking around) that has a WEBCAM and was really
excited. Should have been good news right? Except one problem persists:
the entire computer and all its programs are in CHINESE and I cannot
understand any of it! Could barely make it onto the web and for some
reason the Yahoo site is blocked. And I don't think it has Skype or MSN
messenger! aiiyiah. Anyways, by now you
probably guessed that I have made it safely into China, right now I am in
this city called Guilin and just left another city called Nanning. It
kind of sucks not knowing Mandaring because there is absolutely NO
English! Just tonight a group of guys (the taxi driver, security guard for
the hotel, and other rickshaw drivers) were laughing at me in a circle
when they found out I couldn't speak Chinese. I was like um...thanks guys
for making me feel welcome. But it's true when i say that I will be
totally lost here if it wasn't for my mom who knows at least enough to get
around. The scenery again is really beautiful though. The past two days I
spent many hours on a bus and enjoyed looking at the passing
countryside/rice patty fields/mountains/vilages/rivers/lakes/etc. The city
of Nanning looked actually a lot like Singapore to me, except a dirtier
and more chaotic version. Guilin...hm...i don't know how it looks like yet
because by the time we got here it was dark.