Zelin Hotel Guilin

... pero tiene bar, mesa de billar e Internet!!!

Me gusto la caminata de hoy. Nos hizo sol, pero no mucha calor, los paisajes eran geniales, el pueblecito era acogedor, sin muchos turistas, y la gente era muy agradable y abierta a hablar (y regatear) contigo, incluso sin hablar ingles.

Vimos a un par de espanoles comiendo con una chica china que hablaba castellano. Esta bien eso!

... be gone, this was the only time to do it. Although I got a picture of the sign out side the restaurant window, we got so involved talking that I did not even have a chance to take my traditional "here is what I eat picture". The food was great. We ate at the “Dragon restaurant”. It is over the 99 supermarket. We had a private room and there 10 of us. The complete dinner cost me about $20.00. It would have been more but one of the ...

... of things to do around here and Guilin. I forgot a friend who teaches airline pilots had asked me to go and sit in on her classes and practice oral English with them. I will go this Friday and most likely stay for a week. One of my students from last fall stopped by, George is still doing his tour guide thing but is also making Chinese houses and buildings out of scraps of cardboard. They are really nice but I think for the tourist ...

This place is even better in real life, it must have taken them many hours to create the terraces, it has given Mac some great ideas for the back garden. The houses are all made of wood, with no isulation and gaps all over the place, this has also given Mac an idea for the new conservatory when he gets home. Now we are not saying it is up in the Gods and cold, BUT on the last day there ...

We arrived in Guilin on time and by 11 PM we were out of the airport. While we were waiting for our luggage, I started talking with a Scottish couple and found out that they were staying at the hostel as us. We soon found out that it was 20 RMB each to take the airport bus to where we were going, but a taxi only cost 90 RMB, so the four of us piled in to a cab and drove to Guilin Flowers Hostel. Our room at Guilin ...

... of the river. Guilin seems a really nice city. After lunch, our first visit is to the Fubo Hill, a standing rock, half in the water, half on the ground, with many legends about it. All around the hill there are many things to see: caves, rocks, views of the river, some resting pavilions... It's really nice, but it was hard to get to the top just after lunch, with so many stairs climbing up the hill. Next visit is to the ...

... water...a few if us were not feeling so hot from our night before. After the boat started going we went up to the top and watched the mountains pass us by. There were some guys on bamboo rafts that were selling little trinkets and they would just ride up on their rafts and hook onto the boat and sell them through the window. I did not give in this time =) the cruise was awesome; I mean I have never seen mountains like this in my life. Lunch was served on the boat and we tried a ...

Highlights + Rice terraces in Longji (ΑϊΌΉΜέΜο) + Hiked from one tribe to another via the mountain path. From PingAn TiTiang(Ζ½°²ΜέΜο) to JingKeng TiTiang (½πΏΣΜέΜο). + Meet Mic (meek) and Mee. Mic or Michaelangel, a RTW, round the world traveler from Southern ...

... a rapidly expanding set of suburbs. Also taking off is rock climbing, with the karsts making p**fect playthings. To show the newness of the sport h**e, in 1997 a group of Hong Kong climb**s opened up a new crag near the town and an estimated crowd of 1500 locals gath**ed to gawp, blocking the main road. Back to Guilin on a bus in the evening and dinn** with the G**man Sandra. I explore Guilin the following day. It really is a lovely place set next to the Li riv ...