Guilin Hostels - Comments and Reviews

We arrived here in the dark after a short flight accompanied by several large groups of Chinese in matching hats going to visit Guilin. They assume we work in Xiamen as it's not the usual way for Westerners to approach Guilin, although it's China's no 1 destination internally! The city looks very nice at night with lakes surrounded with paths an...

Things have slowed down a bit. Life is back to normal. Lots of Chinese tourist still be nothing like last week. These mostly come for the day. The weather has been great. I am thinking about taking a side trip or two with some friends. Time will tell. Did lots but sorry did not have the time to get online to update. It has been an interesting w...

This time we easily made our train, we didn't want a repeat performance of Beijing.We were well supplied as well: sandwiches, burgers from BK, banana bread and lots of water. The train was quite dirty, not as nice as the previous one to Shanghai. I won't talk about the bathrooms, but these people are having the Olympics, I can't believe it. The ...

After a long day of missioning around Guangzhou, we finally made onto our sleeper bus which felt like you were being crammed in like sardines. To our surprise, the bus ride was considerably comfortable once you found a good position to sleep in. As soon as we arrived, all groggy-eyed, we had to find a place to stay. Both Shaun and I were scrambl...

The answer - there are millions of them out there!! It's the May day holidays and every person, their dog and kitchen sink are in Guilin. There are people everywhere - all hotels have tripled their prices and the buses and trains are booked solid. It is easy to see why Guilin is the Chinese tourist mecca. Strolling around the two lakes and along...

The overnight bus from the border at Shenzen was definitely not made with normal sized people in mind, the bed was a stretcher type affair with your feet going into a box at the end, along with any belongings you didn't wish to put at risk underneath the bus. I'm not joking you would have to be about 5 foot ****all to be able to stretch out and ...