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No. 16 Lingui Road, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, 541002, China
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View from the back of the boat... turn around!
Me and a few friends are planning to travel to Guilin on August 9.
Is this a good time to go?
Could you please recommend some activities for us.
Cheers
CC
Probably not a very good time, rather a bit too hot. Excursion on the Li Jiang river is a "must" (full day).
maybe Fenghuang in Hunan is a good idea
Rather than staying in Guilin I would have a car meet you at the airport and go straight to Yangshuo and base yourself there. You have better access to all the regions best attributes from Yangshuo and it is a much more beautiful and smaller town than Guilin.
I agree that Yangshuo is the best place to see the area. You can do a bamboo boat ride on the Li River, take a cycle trip around the countryside, climb Moon Hill, visit the caves, see the cormorant man or spend time in one of the local farmers' markets.
The weather in August will be very hot and humid. I was there in April and already it was extremely humid.
Different seasons and different weathers will display the Guilin mountains in different light.
But the recommended best time for a river cruise is April, May, September and October. Of course, best time is the most tourist crowded time especially duing the Golden week during the first week of October.
River water level will vary accordingly during the wet and dry season.
If you are flying within China, there is a weight restriction of 20 kilos per person for checked luggage. You can carry up to 150 kilos, but you will be charged extra (not a lot) for the overage. Kleenex and anti-bacterial wipes. For restroom use. A must take! Our family doctor also gave us Rx's for Lomotil and Cipro in case we contracted a stomach bug. We never did, but it was comforting to have along. He also recommended that we buy Pepto Bismol tablets and take one every morning and every evening as a preventative measure. Remember to take enough memory cards for your digital camera. I ended up taking over 1000 photos in 18 days!
We were warned by our guide that the lunch in the boat “couldn’t reach our expectations” so we should be prepared to… starve.
Well, it was not a great event, but we ate enough, and the quality was not that bad.
One thing I was sorrow: I missed the turtle soup, because they took it away sooner than I expected. Be aware of that: the plates go, quicker than they come.
After lunch we saw the crew washing the dishes... in the river. Well... AFTER lunch, thanks God!
This is a Chinese Cirque du Soleil, and for a small Chinese town, it was amazing. The theater was fairly large and similar to our concert halls. I have tried to find this theater online but have been unsuccessful. I am sure that one can find more information once in Guilin. I truly would not miss this if I had one night in Guilin.
Just to prove that the first fish was not a fluke, I got a picture of the other fisherman (who was fishing on the other side of my tourist boat) catching one too! I still hadn't worked out how the birds had been so well trained as to not to eat the fish.
This fisherman seemed a little less careful extracting the fish as you can see he doesn't even sit it down on the raft, he just lifts the whole bird up and removes the fish.
In fact, I didn't really understand why the Cormorants didn't eat the fish until we returned to dry land, and I hung around afterwards with the fishermen on the bank (We couldn't speak to eachother as we had no common language!).
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