Yuntai Garden . . .Then and Now (Now with Pictures)

I was looking for things to do when we go back to China.  One place I found was Yuntai Garden.  We had visited this garden when we went to get Qin Qin.  It is a huge garden in Guangzhou.  As I have said before, every province in China has a huge park/garden.  On the visit, China was celebrating 60 years of rule.  The park was decked out in extra displays.

Guangzhou in the summer is hot.  We were there in September.  The day we went to the park, it was hot and humid.  Sweat was dripping from our heads.  Our group formed at the gate as our guide paid for the admission.  Then, we proceeded to walk the park.  In addition to the extra displays, they have lots of flowers, trees and sculptures.

Off to the right of the entrance, I remember a sign about a sky lift going to some mountain.  We did not have the luck to ride these.  Our attention was on the park.  When you walk in, there is a water fountain going down the center of the garden.  On both sides are stairs.  We did not go this way.  We headed to the right and did a circle around the park.

At one point, the kids got to play with some sculptures of the zodiac.  Like most of our excursions during this trip, Qin Qin stayed with our guide.  Mainly because she was the only person she could speak with, since she did not know English and we did not know Mandarin.

Later in the day, we saw a water park area.  It was mainly water shooting out of the ground.  We told Michelle and Kayla to stay out of it.  We did not want them to get wet or to get the water in their mouth.  At this time, we had little control of Qin Qin.  She jumped right in there.

Getting back to the cable car rides.  I was looking up the park the other day.  I wanted to see where this car led to.  It leads to Baiyun Mountain.  I think this will be a place of interest on our next visit.