Jin Xiang Hotel Guilin

... enough, but for the time being I was happy. Not having eaten since breakfast however I was starting to greedily eye my fellow passengers as walking protein sources, but luckily for them I accosted a smart train attendant carrying hot dinner trays. For the equivalent of two pounds I received in return a tasty meal consisting of pork, rice, eggs, vegetables and pickles. I could tell that the motion blur from my flailing chopsticks as they ...

... 1500;י הפעם אבוב, קופסת פלסטי 11; והמון שקיות נגד מים. ואני מקווה שהמצל 02;ה החדשה החדשה ש ...

... to date. We went into the old part of the city which consisted of a large fort with some caves inside one of the Karsks and a temple at the top.. The 306 steps to the top felt rather easy after the mountains myself and karl had being climbing recently. There was a couple of cool streets running through the city centre and it was off out for a few drinks later in the evening. Following morning it was off out on a ...

... dus we hoopten dat ze op tijd zouden komen zodat we met zijn allen het aalschoolvissen konden kijken. Vage afspraken blijken in een dorp aan het einde van de wereld geen probleem. Al na enige seconden terug op het terras kwamen onze nieuwe nederlandse " vrienden" langs. We hebben dus gelijk 4 plekjes gereserveerd voor het aalscholvissen. Mijn gevoel over het aalscholvissen was nogal gemengd. Ik ben blij dat ik het gezien heb, maar vond het toch wel ...

Today in the morning, I arrived in Guilin, after having taken the night train from Guangzhou. This train was in fact very convenient. However, I also spent a (Chinese) fortune on the ticket for the more/most expensive (soft) sleeper compartment. There are four beds. For quite some hours, I was alone in this compartment, until in the middle of the night after a stop a Chinese guy joined me. He first was talking to another guy obviously paying a visit in ...

... in a little club call the "shire", yes all set up like the "Lord of the Rings". We had a great time. I am sorry my "toy" camera does not work well inside at night. We had 4 different guitarists playing. Two from china, one from the UK and one from South Africa. They had a great time jamming. The music was great. Then we did the traditional (western traditional) birthday cake ...

... small cave with stunning stalagmites and stalagtites. Oh, and a laser light show in the main 'arena' by the artificial lake! We also saw some tortoiseses that were about 100 years old. They were definitely real because I saw them blink. Twice. And just to add some humiliation to their old age, the Chinese adorned their shells with banknotes because tortoiseses were lucky in China! We went to Seven Star Park, which was beautiful. With locals ...

... lunch we visited a small park and saw Fubo Hill. Insdie a small cave by the hill were some old carved Buddhas. Finally we walked along a river and viewed Elephant Hill ...

... custom, locals gave many of the stalactites, stalagmites and stone formations fanciful names, based on their no less fanciful shapes. But quite honestly, for some of these names you do need to stretch your imagination considerably. They say the stories behind those names are pleasure and fun to listen to. I may well imagine what those tales, or fairy tales, sound like, leading to such names like Flower and Fruit Mountain, Crystal Palace, Dragon Pagoda and Virgin Forest. But even ...

... the ridder read the newspaper! There is both motorbikes and electric scooters here. Very few people wear helmets, and of the few that do wear them, the majority are similar to a hardhat worn on a building site - nothing to keep it on if you are in an accident. I am amazed that we haven't seen any accidents here. They drive on the wrong side of the street - not only are the cars left-hand drives - meaning that the drive on the other side of the road from Australia, but they ...