Guilin Bravo Hotel

... we approached the city how all of the streets and buildings were lit up. Amy told us that we would be staying at the Guilin Bravo Hotel which was right beside one of the four lakes in Guilin. We soon arrived at the hotel which was again very nice indeed ...

... tender aparagus-like bamboo holding sliced pork and a tiny fisherman carved from a carrot. After our meal we continued to the Guilin Bravo Hotel, our home for the next two days. Happy birthday, Kelsey! With the twelve-hour time difference, we can extend ...

... Yuan is also the name of the money here.  He didn't it get so I stopped calling him that.  The ride to the Bravo Hotel was about 30 minutes.  Yuan told us things about the city, but I don't think anyone was paying too much ...

... tourist spot.  This is evidenced by the lack of English language signage and also, outside of the hotel, very few of the natives speak English.  Guilin traces its history back to 300 BC but flourished and grew during the Tang and Song dynasties ...

... hats going to visit Guilin. They assume we work in Xiamen as it's not the usual way for Westerners to approach Guilin, although it's China's no 1 destination internally! The city looks very nice at night with lakes surrounded with paths and trees, ...

... Team, so we are earning Delta Skymiles on all these flights. Our layover in Kunming is about 3 hours, and then a 1.5 hour flight to Guilin, where the temperature is 90 degrees when we land at 7:30pm! We transfer to the hotel, and three of the guys go out ...

... , and went to the hotel after meeting the tour guide. She recommended that we go on a night time boat tour of the lakes in Guilin, so we did. Dropped bags off and then walked to the city centre to have some food (which was very nice as we chose it, ...

As you'll note from one of the below photos, our hotel overlooks a body of water called Rong Lake.  While the path around the lake is pretty during the day, it's even more beautiful at night all lit ...

... cut paper silhouettes of both of us as souvenirs of our visit. Exhausted from our efforts we then returned to the Guilin Bravo Hotel for another nights stay there. Our room this time overlooked the lake and it was lovely to see the lights gradually ...

Guilin Tour (Part 2)... After the Li River cruise and shopping in the town of Yangshou local market, we boarded our bus for a trip to the town of Yulong to visit some local farmers.  While riding from the local market to our bus ...

... and much politer drivers). S explained that Guilin is a massively popular internal tourist destination and so kept very clean. The hotel (Guilin Bravo) was beside a bridge and was very plush with a central pool open to the air- sadly it was only for 1 ...

... work done so that eased his mind about being gone from the office so long- at least for the moment! Dinner was in the hotel- a Guilin noodle feast. A table full of all different type of rice noodle dishes. I thought Kate would love it but of course there ...

... trinkets, but we were feeling a little tired and cranky near the end of the day. We took the perfunctory photos by Guilin's most famous and symbolic rock formation - 象鼻山 Elephant Trunk Hill - and viewed some scenic spots, like ...