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Guilin Slideshow
Guilin
Travel Blogs from Guilin, China
Lake at night
... was one of the more attractive that we visited (and considerably less horn sounding and much politer drivers). S explained that Guilin is a massively popular internal tourist destination and so kept very clean. The hotel (Guilin Bravo) was beside a ...
On a bamboo boat. Well, sort of...
... dot the area around Guilin at some point in your lives – and if you haven’t, you will in this entry. Although Guilin itself is definitely beautiful and we would have liked to spend more than just one quick night here, our main reason for ...
Old town near Guilin
... kind of a museum and showed us all the rooms. The streets in Daxu are quite clean but at some point there is a big pile of rubbish just next to someones house. Quite disgusting, really Guilin 桂林 Li river - li jiang - 漓江 ...
Golden Week trip
... climb of 306 stairs to the top rewards the brave and hearty (especially in 35-degree C temperatures!) with stunning views of Guilin and the surrounding environs. The palace itself (which now houses a university) was disappointing in that only one ...
Night Trains
... hour and a half floating past villages and karst mountains back to Yangsuo. The scenery was incredible, the air felt so fresh (a rarity in China) and you could see many species of birds as you drifted with the current. Of course I decided I had to pee so ...
Day 12 Travel From Xi'an To Guilin
Family and Friends Today is a travel day; again. We're going to the city of Guilin. We do get some extra rest today because our flight is not until 1940 tonight. Our plans for the day are to check out of our rooms by 1400 and ...
STICK FIGURES WITH BOOBS
... something is lost in translation when Chinese speak of their "villages". To be fair, this is China's Golden Week and that has brought many to Guilin. There are lots of people everywhere celebrating by flying kites and shooting off fireworks---two things ...
One misty, moisty, morning...
... of the mystical, misty, lush green China you see in the movies, after all the dirt and smog of Chongqing! First up was Guilin, famous for massive limestone peaks sticking up all over the place. It buses in tourists by their thousands, but we found it ...
Guilin
... today...only cost $1! We met up with Qiong today. She is a tour guide and Whitty gave me her number. To get to Yangshuo from Guilin you can take a trip on the river Li. There are two boats you can get....the first one with all the locals and the second ...
Longji Rice Terraces
The Longji Rice Terraces is a scenic farming area located in the hills 2 hr northwest of Guilin. The rice terraces create steps that climb the sides of the mountains. Several rural farming villages are located on the mountains including Ping An which is ...
Adventure to Guilin (Yangshuo and Longshen)
... have been about my impressions about Beijing. Recently, I had the chance to visit one of the most touristic places in China - Guilin. This scenic city is a picturesque place with stunning hills which have even been inked onto the 20 yuan ...
Guilin
When we arrived into the trasin station this morning, a local man brought us over to the taxi and brought us to the bus station and he paid for the taxi! Feeling rough after the long train journey it was nice to get into an air-conditioned bus! After ...
Ping 'An, Longji Rice Terraces and the luggage por
... a delicious veggie and rice cooked in the tradition method inside the bamboo sticks supper with local beer. Even though it was probably the coldest night we have experienced in China and slept in tracksuits, we slept really well after all the mountain ...
SO SWEATY and glistening rice paddies
... Although for anyone planning to travel there, I would recommend staying in the nearby town of yangshuo 阳朔 instead. Guilin city itself was pretty touristy. The first day Ben and I climbed one of those tall pointy mountains ...
Yamgshuo
... up for 300 meters or so about 50 meters wide and then straight down on the other side. About the same as in Guilin but more of them. A short walk (with luggage thankfully) up West Street (so named as the place where all the westerners ...
j'ai eu du mal a partir mais me voila a Guilin!!!
Après un pti séjour reposant à Hannan me voilà reparti pour en prendre plein les yeux! La région de Guilin et surtout la ville de Yangshuo font partie des plus beau paysage de Chine! L'arriver à l'aéroport ma fais sourire. Je crois que certain ...
Entry #4.9: Mold city
... of Xing Ping and Yangshuo were both much nicer and much closer to the finest features of the landscape. Our experience in Guilin was particularly unpleasant due to the dank smell of mold all around town but especially concentrated in our double room at ...
Guilin
Hello again, These are pictures from our stay in Guilin and Guangzho. Guilin is beautiful city of about 3 million people. It is lush green and gorgeous. It is no doubt the prettiest town we have visited so far. There are ...
Lakes
... and waited out of the rain for the Lake Tour. When it was time we got onto one of the tour boats for a trip around Guilin's lakes starting with the Gold and Silver tea pagodas. Every bridge was from a different country (like a small version of Paris Pont ...
First Stop in China
... are kept spotlessly clean. It seemed more like a park than a city. The perfect place to start our China visit. While in Guilin we naturally wandered through all the parks, visited all the major tourist sites, etc. Like the rest ...
Guilin's Wayao Wholesale Market
Guilin's Wayao Wholesale Market Few visitors to Guilin know about the Wayao Wholesale Market. It is located south of Guilin City. It is a place visitors should not miss. It sells anything that a visitor to China might be looking for, but at very cheap ...
Fat lips
... cruise thing in a small noisy motor boat and took photos of scenes similar to Halong Bay in Vietnam. Returning to a very hot Guilin we search department stores in vain for t'shirts and singlet tops -where is a Glassons store when you need one?!?! Then ...
THE BEAUTY NATURE OF GUILIN & YANGSHOU 2008
Guilin is a small beauty nature city in China, situated in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Region on the west bank of the Li River. The most beautiful sightseeing area with fresh weather, nice food, nice shopping at the huge night market. ...
beautiful Guilin!
... ;another of the dishes was the rest of the fish which was really good! Then, we went for a walk, taking in the sights..Guilin has a river going through it and beautiful mountains (with pagodas built on top of them) all amongst the city...! we went ...
Guilin
... on a very crowded shuttle bus at the Osmanthus Hotel. Osmanthus is a very small very fragrant flower and is the symbol of Guilin. After a less than impressive hotel meal we did set out to see the city, a small city by China standards, only ...
Guilin ,Yangshuo and Longsheng
... cars and of course people in a much different way than that of the grey, cold, big brother like, "serious" Beijing. Guilin and the Lijiange river that connects it to the Yangshuo county is truly the beautiful real China that postcards are made ...