Guilin, China Travel Blogs

Guilin
Feb 19, 2008 (2 photos)

... of jolts and breaks and flying around that ensued through the night. Safe to say we were pleased to disembark! Arrived in Guilin and saw the stunning scenery of the Seven Star Park, including the impressive (albeit with the standard Chinese ...

October 8, 2004
Oct 8, 2004 (9 photos)

... peak in town. The mountains amazed me-huge rocky formations jutting to obscene heights from right out of the ground. Although Guilin is a hotspot for Chinese tourists, it is still worth visiting. I appreciated the cleanliness more than anything else. Not ...

Guilin
Jun 11, 2006 (27 photos)

We took a short bus ride from Yangshou to Guilin. It was just over an hour. Guilin is one of China's major highlights as far as tourism goes. Many people come to Guilin as part of a package holiday. It is a shame that most don't get away to the smaller ...

Chinese Pizza
Apr 16, 2006 (2 photos)

... a lovely German girl I got talking to and almost made me think maybe I should stay at least one more night. The bus to Guilin went quick enough with good roads all the way and some Chinese version of MTV playing on the bus complete with lyrics being ...

Yunnan - in search of internet access....
Nov 3, 2003 (9 photos)

... well as for some reason I kept thinking about being propelled from my bunk if the train crashed! Took a minibus from Guilin train station to Yuangshuo which is a town about an hour away with amazing limestone pinnacle scenery. Our Chinese guesthouse was ...

Guilin city tour
Jul 3, 2008 (50 photos)

... along a river and viewed Elephant Hill.  Elephant Hill is located at the confluence of Li River and Peach Blossom River in the southwest of Guilin city. It looks like a huge elephant stretching its trunk drinking water hence the name.

South Through China - A Beast of a Blog - Part II
Oct 15, 2008 (23 photos)

... those train rides because I get so much reading and writing done... but that was the last long one in China and ended in Guilin...  Again, we didn't do much there - it was just a transit town - we were aiming for Yangshuo, and& ...

flight to Guilin
Jul 1, 2008

Guilin

Guilin
Jan 25, 2005 (8 photos)

... was a nice reflecting pool at the bottom but overall it wasnt so great. Anyway, the hostel here has a truly rare thing for China - a dog! He's cool(Taixin - Chinese for happy), but is weird in that he's like a midget Irish Setter. I dont care at all ...

Wet Wet Wet (not the band)
Mar 5, 2009 (45 photos)

... Titanic theme and managed to miss every single word and every single note going, bravo.   So 20 hours later we arrived in Guilin at 5am, where it was raining, we then proceeded to wake up the entire hostel getting in, oops. We found in our room the ...

Where are we?
May 19, 2008 (1 photos)

... constraint or visa constraints the trip might have been a little different.   Fortunately we have a few free days built into our China leg so needless to say a few days will be spent doing as little as possible. And then of course we should have a ...

Castles of carst
Jun 28, 2008 (14 photos)

Not much happened here. It biked amongst the carst and the water buffaloes. It was pretty indeed.   ***   WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a girl the life long gift of education! Support my appeal 100 GIRLS BACK TO SCHOOL! ...

Li River Cruise
Jul 2, 2008 (128 photos)

This morning I took a 5 hour cruise on the Li River.  The river is amazingly beautiful!  All along the riverside are numerous mountains that just dart steeply straight up.  They are unlike traditional mountains and ...

Just Passing Through..
Jan 8, 2007

Draft..

Just Passing Through..
Jan 12, 2007

Draft..

Climbing the karsts
Feb 22, 2008 (28 photos)

... to see a giant black mountain rise up right in front of me.  Yep, we had made it to the right place.  Guilin Flowers hostel is conveniently located right across the street from the train station.  The door was even open and we sat in the ...

Guilin
Sep 2, 2009 (3 photos)

... of Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Miao, Hui. Guilin is known for its dramatic Karst topography, the picturesque natural skyline of Guilin City, the limpid Li River, and the "global village" Yangshuo. At Longsheng County, Longji Terraced Rice Fields extends to as far ...

A show
Sep 2, 2009 (5 photos)

Guilin Theatre

Cormorant fishing
Sep 2, 2009 (1 photos)

Cormorant birds do fishing much better at night than day time With the order from fisherman, cormorants dive into water to find fish and catch them. When they succeed in getting any fish, they will proudly swim back to the raft and show off to the ...

Howzit China!
May 15, 2008

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The day we didn't see the Elephant Rock
Feb 28, 2008 (8 photos)

Erin had wanted to come back to Guilin to see one of the caves, but she chose sleep instead so we took it easy today.  We wandered up to see if we could see the Elephant Rock from shore.  The Elephant Rock is a famous formation that appears to be ...

Natural disasters and interesting people
May 18, 2008 (9 photos)

... ; Food thus far has been quite an experience. As you would guess each region is famous for certain dishes and specialities. For example Guilin is famous for its snake as well as wild cat, bamboo rat and snake-bile wine. So far we have avoided any nasty ...

Famous Longji Terraces
May 18, 2006 (14 photos)

... Terraces, sometimes called the Dragon's Backbone rice terraces. The Longji Terraces are located in Longsheng County about 2 hours from Guilin (by express bus, 3 hours by local bus). The rice terraces are built into the hillsides and look like great chains ...

Reflexology
Sep 2, 2009 (1 photos)

http://www.tcmdiscovery.com/publichealth/ Real hospital, real doctors, great day cream but probably also a tourist trap.

Reed Flute Cave
Sep 2, 2009 (3 photos)

According to a legend, Reed Flute Cave got its name because people believed that the reed by the cave's mouth could be made into flutes. The length of the Reed Flute Cave is 240 meters and offers a majestic fairyland of karst caves with landscape and ...

Guilin
Feb 26, 2008 (10 photos)

... at the same time in the rain, Colin did well & wouldn't let anyone pass, but Kim spent half an hour crushed. Arrived at Guilin in the dark, so left very early the next morning for a 4 hour boat trip along the river Li, this was so much more ...

March 6 & 7
Mar 8, 2008 (8 photos)

... and had our noodles bowls.  They were good, and really spicy.  We decided on a place in Hong Kong, hopefully it'll work out.  We have a train to catch tomorrow at 9:30PM to Shenzhen which is just on the China side of Hong Kong. - Jesse

March 5 2008
Mar 6, 2008 (57 photos)

... if he though he saw police.  I had to hold on the whole way!  It wasn't soon enough that we arrived back in Guilin and we were dumped off on the opposing street to our inn.   Thanks Mr. guide-man, for nothing that is!  We should ...

March 3 2008
Mar 4, 2008 (6 photos)

Today we leave to Guilin.  We're both feeling better, though I did cough up a lung this morning, so I'm not feeling too hot in the stomach area now.  Its amazing how coughing can make you nauseous if you do it enough.  After a liquid ...

March 4 2008
Mar 4, 2008 (62 photos)

Today we had our tour on the Li Jiang river from Guilin to Yangshuo.  We left at 8am with another couple from our inn.  We boarded the bus and had to pick up some more guests from around the area.  On our way the warf, our tour guide ...