Day 19: Guilin, Guangxi

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  Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, China
Monday, May 4, 2009

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 our compartment, before he then turned towards me. What followed was my first, real conversation in Chinese. Thanks to Emily, I could at least tell him some basics about myself: being Austrian, my age and family status, my family - big topic to talk about always in China - my profession (well, a bit at least), and my travel plans. In turn, he was talking A LOT from which I only understood a little. At least, he is 54 of age, lawyer, travelling back to Guilin, has a girlfriend, no kids, and loves classical music (violine and piano). Apart from that, he was very patient trying to tell me really many, many things. Well, I should have practiced more before my departure to be prepared for that. Anyway, it was a nice chap to share the compartment with.
Having arrived in Guilin, I was prepared for many touts waiting outside the station, trying to bring you to a hostel, hotel, somewhere else, telling you this, that, something else, and so forth. I grabbed a taxi, negotiated the price (still too high, but hey, I paid 20 RMB which was 2 Euros for a 15minutes ride ... not too bad anyway) and went to the university of technology, in guilin, where i will stay at Leo's place until Wednesday, before continuing to Yangshuo, the probably most beautiful village and scenery around here.
Finally, I also uploaded pictures for my previous entries since Hongkong. Have a look!

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In Guilin, QiXing Park	Well ... monkeys doing it	Pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin	Giant Panda, Guilin, QiXing Park
Camel Hill, Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park
Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park	Guilin, QiXing Park
Pagoda on Shan Lake	In Guilin	Twin bridges (behind each other)

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