Eva Inn Hotel Guilin

... water melon and pineapple sauce, as well as hundreds and thousands. It is completely unidentifiable but tastes a bit like cake. <br><br>The hotel has a good pool and I manage a couple of swims. We have dinner in a place recommended by the guide called, of all thing, Mc Flood. More unusual dishes - a spicy beef with hawthorn and kumquat, a pancake with pork and won ton soup. Good and not expensive. It's Friday evening and all the locals are out by the ...

Well, I take it all back: left Shanghai on the comfortable, overnight train to Kunming (Yunnan Province), from the new and uncrowded, Shanghai South Station (Shanghainan), and arrived fresh as a daisy here in Guilin, which is in Guangxi Province. <br><br>My choice of destination was decided by the rural settings of Guilin and Yangshuo and it's famously beautiful scenery - limestone kaarst pinnacles - rivers and the ancient Ling ...

... anything about how the cave came to be, or any other pertinant information, but were told with all sincerity that 'this stalactite looks like a snowman.. and that one, a cauliflour'. Erm? And so our tour went on. The pretty lights were cool but all in all a bit of a strange 'sight' which led to the deletion of 'caves' from the rest of our sights itinerary.<br> <br><br>Walking through town later we met ...

... Bank Cafe, and it has a good view of the Elephant Peak. It is called Elephant Peak because it looks like an elephant taking a drink out of the lake. Bill ordered a sausage (turned out to be the not so tasty Asian hot dog instead of pepperoni), pepper and mushroom pizza. We went to bed after midnight. Interesting note - on the brochure for the massage place attached to our hotel one of the services is: Lady of the Night and we have condoms for sale in our room...

... had back story for the whole thing in typical Chinese fashion. Some of the animals etc were a bit of a stretch to be seen, see photos for proof of that. But at the end there was a light show with awesome Chinesey music and bubbles. That night we went to a restaurant and had a set menu meal thing. Mine wasn't too bad as it was just goose in sauce with rice but Raywoo had some really spicy thing and a soup that contained one chicken foot, she ...

... but the park was nice regardless. We hiked around the mountain and the area. Actually, the fisherman were the most intrigueing thing about the area. The traditional boats are made of 5 long bamboo pieces, stuck together side by side. A man stands in the middle of the boat with a perplexing dual open-ended net. Instead of a paddle, he has a long stick wit a blunt clubblike end. The man, standing on the boat, pushed the net into the water. Then he pushed the blunt-ended stickinside ...

It hit me the other day as I woke up yet once again in a sweat that there are a lot of things I took for granted back home. Most noticeably here in Guilin is the complete lack of air conditioning on this campus. I thought going to Valpo instead of a large state school prepared me for not-so-luxurious facilities, but even there I was spoiled. I thought I'd be more productive at the library here, but it also does not ...

... had a few games, and met with his girlfriend and his former teacher at college who is now his best friend. And Damian's prettay good at pool! Went for dinner and had beer duck, which is every par of the duck cooked in beer. Twas nice, but couldnt find enough pieces of standard meat, loads of bones, marrow and gristle! A man with a massive forehead stared at us the whole time. The end.

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... spend some free time exploring other parts of town. I went to the local gardens and a basketball game. Cheryl found some silk(?) pajamas. I guess we've been eating too well as there was one top Cheryl liked but the tag said Triple X and it still didn't fit. I don't think we can trust the tags. My supposed 100% cotton shirts are definitely a blend and the black stripped shirt is definitely not Red as per the tag. I'll get back to you from Chengdu or Xi'an.