Imperial City Hotel Guilin Yangshuo

... instead of the usual 4 hours. They did serve a nice buffet lunch. Arrived in Yangshuo around 3 PM and took a jitney bus to the hotel. We then took a walk into the main part of town to check out the restaurants in the Western Section since we were on our own for dinner. We then did some shopping/sightseeing along the wharf. Ate at Jimmy’s Café. We both had an American meal. At 9 PM we saw a singing and ...

Yangshou was probably one of my favourite parts of this trip so far. It's a small city - only about 350,000 people live there, so it has a "small town" feel to it. I hate to admit it, but it was also the most touristy spot in that I visited in China so I feel like I shouldn't really like it, but I did! <br><br>First off all the scenery is absolutely beautiful. The city is on the Li river and is surrounded by little rocky hills that area apparently ...

... we could not move for 20 minutes, but eventually we navigated the busy streets of Yangshuo and cycled until we had to return our bikes. It was a brilliant day, the village opened up to us, and the busy streets, though they should have been stressful with their beeping and clinking, and rushing and pushing, the bikes out in force, motorized or otherwise, we laughed out loud as we got swept along. <br>The evening, we did not want a repeat performance of the last night's snack, so we just ...

... climb was way over our heads at 5.14a, so we instead climbed Artemus (5.11a) and Apollo (5.12a). We're hoping to attempt 5.12's more frequently to improve our strength and technique, opening up even more classic climbs in popular climbing areas.<br><br><br>Captain Dork - Moon Hill in the background<br><br><br>The upper section of Apollo ...

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... did not seem to concerned them. I was hoping to get some sleep on the for leg of my journey about 11 hours to Seoul, Korea but luck would have it I did not. I did get to see 5 movies I liked.<br> Monday, August 31st: Arrived Seoul, Korea 5:30pm their time. My connection was at 7:30pm so it worked out perfect. The flight from Seoul to Korea was a fast one. They actually got there 30 minutes early. As I waited for my Luggage I decide to call my friend ...

... We were seated downstairs but soon after disembarking, everyone rushed upstairs and jostled for standing room on the deck. Luckily Gabe and I got a spot, so we stood against the rail for for an hour and took pictures. We passed the scene that is featured on the back on the 20 kuai note. It was an absolutely beautiful ride. The karsts of the southwest are the real China.<br><br>It started to drizzle after an hour or so ...

... from our friend William. He had been working with the movie people. Yes the same ones who stole our cooks. Small world this place Yangshuo. He was in need of a &#8220;foreign businessman&#8221; to play a role in the movie they were making. He thought of me and wanted to know if I could come over and be an actor for a day. It was not a feature movie. It was going to be part of a language learning series to learn ...

... we moved on. I guess she was OK... Aida told us that there are 600,000 people in Guilin and 1.3 million people in the surrounding area. There are 56 minority groups in China and 11 in Guilin. She spoke to us about the Qiang (I think, it sounded like jaung when she said it) people who are famous for their folksongs. We are going to be taking a boat down the Li River which is 1437 kms long. Our trip is 63 kms to Yangshuo. Our bus ride to the pier was around 40 minutes ...

... exhilarating. Ha ha I guess I can finally call myself adventurous. When we crossed we got on the 'main road', which was actually just a small dirt road, barely 3 times bigger than that of a plow row. It was all mud, and we grinned and beared it proudly as we talked about how gorgeous everything was, how the clean the water was, how clear the air felt. It didn't matter. We were walking through the mountains, on our own, on a 6 hour hike, just 5 girls, by ourself. We passed through a ...