Guangzhou: Visit to Yuntai Garden

We started with another large buffet breakfast at the Victory Hotel, where we are staying. Leslie likes the congee better at some other places we've tried, like Lucy's Restaurant down the street, but breakfast is really good and they have a self-service espresso machine.

We visited Yuntai Garden with our guide, Aron. The hotel van took us there. It was about a twenty minute drive from our hotel on the elevated freeways, which cut through some busy areas of town. Yuntai Garden is a water park with a greenhouse, man-made lake, many fountains, and lots of cartoon-inspired statues for the little ones to enjoy.

This is the view as you enter Yuntai Garden.

We had to keep Leslie's eyes covered in the areas that weren't shaded. She is very sensitive to light and will block it with her hands if we don't get her hat on fast enough.

Elise, Leslie and our guide, Aron, in the greenhouse.

Standing under the shade of a rock house that looks like it was inspired by The Flintstones.

Next we visited a Buddhist temple. It had been located in the same spot for 1,400 years. Two trees near the temple were over 500 years old, which left us wondering what California looked like 500 years ago, as those trees were being planted.