Nanning

Finally we did overcome our Covid Infection in Shanghai including turning our health code from red to green - we tested sometimes twice a day at the official test booths in Shanghai as we were really worried not to be “green” again in time for our holiday. After a nice Steak Christmas dinner at the restaurant RAW , we left Shanghai for a short end of the year trip to the province Guangxi. Our first stop was the capital of Guangxi, Nanning.
After arrival our guide took us quickly for check in to our hotel in the outskirts of Nanning. As it was a dead area we decided to spend the rest of the day in the center.
Nanning is around 160km from the border of Vietnam, has around 9 Mio. habitants and is the home for around 30 Chinese nationalities.
First stop was at the Minorities Cultural Relics Center where a nice small park with a lake was behind. It is the home for the famous Dong Wind and Rain Bridge, built in 1912. We wandered around and had the chance to have a great local lunch in a nice environment, a wooden building in the small lake. In general everything was very quiet due to the COVID situation. After a short visit of The Museum of GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region we were heading to the center to explore some more areas of the city.
The evening we did spend around the Nongyuan Road Area to enjoy the street market and the street food. We were as I remember the only western foreigners.
In desperate need to find a nice bar to discuss the day we ended up in a bar nearby. Of course drink menu fully in Chinese. Beer was easy to order but we ended up as well with 10 shots of unknown Schnaps and a cheesy pizza. Good music in an empty place and a funny ending of the day.Læs mere