Rong Hu Hotel Guilin

... 2 more days, to fit in a side trip to the rice terraces nearby. Ah well, can&#8217;t do everything!<br><br>Our first full day, we went to a local park called Seven Stars Park that had quite a lot to offer: a temple, cave tour, wild monkeys, waterfalls, small zoo (lesser pandas, monkeys) and limestone hills. The big thrill here for the kids was that we let them go rock climbing. It was the first time they had done that on an outdoor, regular rock wall. Before ...

... has several. It offers a commanding view of the Li River and Downtown Guilin. We stayed on top of the hill enjoying the view and the breeze. The railings on the peak are covered with brass locks. Each lock has an inscription on it. It is for lovers. It is believed that if you buy a lock, have it engraved, lock it onto the railing and throw the key down that your good luck will last as long as the hill. Obviously many people beleive it because there were thousands of locks there. <br ...

... a day (less then a dollar). After we had bikes, we all rode up into the mountains, and the scenery was undescribable! The mountains were amazing and everything was covered in green. We parked our bikes by the mountain and hiked to the top. The only rough part was the humidity! I thought vegas was bad, but this is unbearable. You start to sweat the second you go outside- i dont think i can ever get used to this weather, cant wait for winter.... but at the top of the ...

... it. I have been real lazy the last few days. Greg the American headmaster from the school I originally worked at has moved to Thailand. His wife came in and wanted to know if I knew anyone who might want to buy their furniture and stuff. I made a couple of calls. He is selling his DVDs and wanted to know if we could put then out at the Bar. I said sure. I guess that was a mistake I bought about 50 of them but could not pass it out for 25 cents each.

... in sicer gre za ciscenje mobilnih telefonov. Podobno kot je nekdaj bilo na ulicah polno cistilcev cevljev si je sedaj mogoce za majhno ceno omisliti ciscenje mobilnika, namestitev zascitne folije ali zamenjavo ohisja. Na obrezju reke pa je mogoce videti se eno Kitajsko posebnost in hkrati tudi enega najhujsih problemov, ki to drzavo caka v prihodnosti. V mirno zavetje sredi mesta se stekajo trume upokojencev, ki ves svoj cas prezivljajo med partijami kart s sovrstniki ...

I WOULD LIKE TO APOLIGIZE FOR USING CAP LOCKS DURING THIS POST, BUT THE COMPUTER I AM ON WANTS TO CONVERT EVERYTHING I TYPE INTO CHINESE SYMBOLS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY WAY I CAN WRITE THIS POST IN ENGLISH. FOR EXAMPLE: J¶öÈöÈöU²Á°¡ THIS IS ME TRYING TO TYPE MY NAME. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I JUST WROTE THERE AND ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN IT IS ALL CHINESE SYMBOLS. BROKEN BY CHINA IS AN EXPRESSION YOU MAY HEAR FROM A LOT OF FORIEGNERS/ WESTERNERS AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH CHINA ...

... lit up in lots of different colours, to the sound of local opera... The next day we decided to get a bit more active, and along with Rich, (the guy we went out with in Beijing, who somehow ended up in our dorm room again... stalker boy!) Michael and his girlfriend (whose name I have forgotten... sorry!!) we got a some bikes and cycled the 30km around the perimeter of the city wall... which is in amazing condition, considering it's about 700 years ...

... the Elephant Nose Park and the pedestrian street Zhengyang on the afternoon of July 27. We were lucky to have entered the park without paying the entrance, but through a wine museum, thanks to a local grandma we've met on the road. Her kind help saved us RMB33 per person. On the top of the hill, we could have a panoromic view of Li River, the boats, the bamboo rafts, and the people who ...

... The family that ran the guesthouse, were very friendly. The husband and wife didn't really speak English but their son is learning. So we were able to talk to them a little bit. Being the only people staying at the guesthouse we got all the attention. The husband, kept serving us the Country Wine. It was home made and very sweat. Seemed to be a rice wine of some sort, but much sweeter then any other rice wine I've ever had. The wife, in keeping with ...

Sunday, May 4 (cont.) Back in Guilin, we dropped our bags off at the train station and went in search of dinner. Coach really wanted some California Beef Noodle King, and I wanted a hot fudge sundae from KFC. Both of which are usually smack dab outside train stations in China. Could we find either one??? NO! We searched the street in both directions from the train station for about an hour, but we ...