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Guangxi - Real Guilin in Xingping
... in to Xingping This Old Place Youth Hostel (兴坪老地ਬ 1;国际青年Ą 53;舍), I went to This Old Place Cafe Bar, in Xingping Old Street (兴坪老街) for lunch. Followed by a walk in the old street, which was largely inhabited and less touristy - unlike some old towns that were preserved and converted to touristy attractions. Towards the end of the day, I was joined by ...
Okay, I admit defeat !
... Computer Centre and the Ladies' market again for unfinished business. Geek heaven was still the same and we did what we had to do there. We went armed with prices on video cameras, hard drives and small speakers this time. We spent a wee while walking along the one aisle of the Ladies' Market checking out the wares. The one aisle went across about four streets and we made a few purchases here and there. I sense an over weight suitcase ...
Guilin
... the south of town. Guilin dates back to the Qin era, and by the 6th century AD, its hills were already inspiring poets. Under the Ming, it emerged as a provincial capital, a position lost in 1914 to Nanning. Guilin today is a tidy tourist city, with about ten parks enclosing some fine peaks and limestone caves. Guilin means "Osmanthus Forest" and has an avenue of these sweet scented trees along ...
Day 10 - Guilin and Ping-An Village
Another early day - meeting our tour guide at 8:00. Since we had arrived so late two days ago into Guilin, we had missed some of the sites there. So it was decided that we'd leave early to go to Guilin and see these before leaving to Pin-An Village.
We first saw Elephant Trunk Hill, a rock formation that is very famous. There were several photo sites and opportunities to ride boats. One of the more interesting ...
Beautiful morning
... local bus station to get a bus to Yandi. The buses are all privately operated and so we had to wait until they got enough passengers - 9.5 rmb each for the trip $1.50. The 30km trip took us about 80 mins! In Yandi we went to the river to catch a bamboo raft to Xingping. The bamboo is actually PVC pipe tied together with an outboard motor. Doug was convinced we would not survive the journey! There were lots of ladies ...
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