The jest grows cold […] when it comes on in a second scene.

They be so smug and smooth.

The pseudostem of the banana can be several metres tall.

Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside.