Osmanphus Flower Hotel Guilin

... small. <br><br>Behind the mountain is a crescent shaped pond. It was built so the prince could have a water feature to walk around and relax by. In the middle of the pond is an island with little bridges leading to it. There are two pavilions located next to the pond. One is on the island, and one is on the shore. The pavilions are really nice places to sit and relax. When I was there, there were some students practising their instruments. It added a really wonderful ambiance ...

<br> 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 rural scenery. It is a magic fairyland of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, birds, plants and animals in fantastic shapes and colors, all glistening in colorful lights.

... qui en cas de besoin, feront l'affaire. Et je me rattraperai au Japon. Il y a quelques personnes qui ont visite le Japon dans mon groupe et ils m'ont dit que tout y est tres bon. Le couple de jeunes suisses, qui fait parti de mon groupe, est alle au Japon et, jusqu'a present, ils ne mangent pratiquement rien. Mais bon, je suis optimiste, le voyage commence et on verra bien. Je vous embrasse et vous ecrirai probablement une fois rendue a Shanghai donc, en fin de semaine. Elo xx

... and like Guilin, it has incredible karst scenery and a parade of ...

... TO THE BUS STATION WHEN WE HEARD A SMALL CHINESE LADY YELLING "HI, HELLO, HI, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, ARE YOU GOING TO LONG SHEN." AND WE POLITELY SAID YES AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO THE BUS STATION. NOW WE HAVE LEARNED QUICKLY THAT CHINESE PEOPLE (THIS DOES NOT GO FOR ALL) WILL SAY PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING TO GET YOU TO COME WITH THEM. WHEN WE ASKED HER WHERE THE BUS TICKET OFFICE WAS, SHE SAID OVER HERE AND STARTED TO LEAD US TOWARDS A TRAVEL AGENCY. IMMEDIATELY WE KNEW THAT ...

... was promtly sick next to the table, and then got up and urinated in a planter feet away from his and other tables... (it was outside, but still...) If that wasn't bad enough, when he decided he didn't want to drink any more of the spirit he'd stolen, he threw the bottle across a courtyard, so that it smashed across the path... Me and Tom retreated to our room shortly after that, completely embarassed that the people working there might think ...

... that follows along the river up the mountain. As you drive along, the river is on one side and various houses and small villages are on the other side with the road at times seemingly cutting right though at peoples front doors. It is common to find doors opening up right onto the road. Kids playing in the middle of the road and occasionally a dog asleep. This time a group of men were butchering a pig right along side the road as we passed by. They didn't even look up ...

Today I was going back to Dalian, but first I made a few last stops in Guilin. My tour guide first brought me to Elephant Trunk Hill, which is just a hill with a hole in it. There was nothing special here, I think they just made a park across from it to lure in tourists and make more money. Its pretty, and I could see going there to have a picnic, but it was a little pointless to go with a tour guide ...

... near the South Gate. We were expecting it to be a bit like Houhai in Beijing, but it was nothing of the sort. We were bored quickly so we went back to the hostel for a game of pool. We played for dinner, and of course I lost. We wandered around in the hutongs to find a different place for dinner and finally found one. We even witnessed a chicken slaughter! We went back to the hostel and immediately ...

... t speak Cantonese / mandarin / etc etc. One linguistically talented waiter did try to describe a dish to us, but we couldn't be sure whether he ws saying "doe", "dove" or something much worse, so we concluded that it was better to taste and not ask too many questions.... In the day, we cruised the Lijang River, through scenery that came straight from a Tolkein novel, Hills and mountains that more no resemblance to the river and ...