Stuck in China

i havent written anything in a while but the crap news first - i am not going to make it back to the states in july like i planned and i am immensely disappointed.  however, i have had a couple of nice trips as of late (SMALL silver lining...).

lets see - since april, i had a visitor come and it was a blast!  we had some wild nights in hong kong, went to guilin and yangshuo and she was able to enjoy the rain... :(  enough words though, pictures are worth a thousand words so check these out below - we are doing some sweet "chinese" poses too!

and i went to sanya (the "hawaii of china") recently as well and it was REEEEALLY relaxing.  we left thursday night and came back this past sunday.  and i figured out the chinese are best people to holiday with as they dont want to be dark so the pool (largest in sanya) was completely empty except for me and my mate.  we went out one night and did some SICK chinese karaoke, did tequila shots in front of a horrified bartender and my mandarin speaking mate was asked many times "what is wrong with your weird friend?  why isnt she speaking?"  when told i wasnt chinese, my blonde haired, blue eyed mate got "well she looks more chinese than you." ahhhh, and THIS is the worlds next super power?????  in good hands, we are.  so again, here are some pics, enjoy!