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Favorite thing: Hi, I'll try to answer it all.
GUILIN. There is a minibus that goes to the centre after each flight arrival. It costs 20 yuans and takes about 20 minutes to the centre. It makes several stops in the centre. I stayed at the Guilin Flowers Youth Hostel which is near the railways and bus station and clean, but it was a hostel, not hotel.
RIVER BOATS. Touristic boats from Guilin to Yangshuo are, IMHO, a tourist trap. They take all the morning to get there and the only interesting part is at the end, near Yangshuo. What I did was to take a bus to Yangshuo (1 hour), sleep there and from there make a trip on a bamboo boat for the interesting parts of the river, which are basically between Yangshuo and Xinping.
HOTEL IN YANGSHUO. I stayed at the Morning Sun Hotel, which is a medium (about 3 stars) local hotel with a nice patio, A/C and hot water for 180 yuans (single room). Itis well located, 1 minute from the main pedestrian street. There are many hotels there but avoid those in the Jie Xie pedestrian street, they are too noisy. The RiverView Hotel (http://www.riverview.com.cn/orderen.asp) is a good option too, by the riverside, with views to the Li river and reasonable prices.
TO DO IN YANGSHUO. Take a public bus to Xinping. Nice village and you can take there a bamboo boat to cruise the river for 2 hours.
Daytrip to the rice terraces (you can do this from Guilin too) the best way is to joina group at a local agency.
Hire a bike and go to Jiuxian village. I just asked a girl at the hotel reception and she arranged everything, hired 2 bikes and helped me as a guide to the rice fields around Yangshuo and to the rural village of Jiuxian. Half Day
Take a bamboo boat to the Yalong River. This river is smaller than Li, less crowded and similar landscape (not so dramatic but OK). Half day.
YANGSHUO TO AIRPORT. You can take the local bus Yangshuo-Guilin and from Guilin bus station take the minibus to the airport. Or take the train Guilin-Yangshuo.
Enjoy Yangshuo
Joaquin
Written Jan 14, 2012
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Favorite thing: In the fast developing cities, it's easy to loose the image of China.
Big buildings, large avenues, compose quarters that could be...everywhere else in the world.
However, here and there, even in the most transformed cities, it's possible to see the views that filled our imaginary. Fir Lake in Guilin is one of those places.
Updated Dec 8, 2011
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Favorite thing: In the 50 km from Guilin to Yangshuo, long segments of the river seem desert.
Here and there, ducks and a few buffaloes, make us understand that the people is there, but living from something else than the river, disturbed by the out comers.
Updated Nov 24, 2011
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Favorite thing: We come to a place with a series of expectations that sometimes are confirmed, some other… they don't.
Traffic was an example: I was expecting the crazy hustle and bustle of India, or Thailand.
Wrong. The traffic is intense, but normal. There is discipline, order, and… efficiency. A very positive surprise, but... I'm going to Shanghai!
Updated Nov 13, 2011
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Favorite thing: Half of the main street, in central Guilin, is closed each night for the night market (at least while we were there!).
For several hundred meters, three row of stalls sell all kind of crafts, for locals and tourists.
Next morning the traffic flows normally, without signs of the crowds and huge deals of... a few hours before.
Updated Nov 13, 2011
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Favorite thing: I couldn’t see any difference between the ambiance and social conditions of Guilin, and any touristy city in the west.
Modernity, mass consummation, expansive youth, safety in the streets, only one warning: pickpockets! Once again, as in most western cities…
All the times that I separated some meters from Fernanda, a new kind girl offered to be my friend. That's not too uncommon, also.
Updated Nov 13, 2011
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Favorite thing: Just back from Guilin three weeks ago.
We took a taxi from the hotel in Zhongshan Lu which is located in downtown to airport at 10.00am we paid RMB100 which we asked him before we boarded the taxi. The taxi driver was asking whether we want to go by highway we have to pay for the toll. We said we have plenty of time so he took another road. He did not use the meter.
When we took the taxi from the Guilin airport to the bus station near Zhongshan Lu, we paid RM88 inclusive of 3 tolls of RMB10 each. The taxi uses the meter.
Updated Nov 10, 2010
Favorite thing: So what is a Karst landscape? Well, it's all due to limestone that has been dramatically eroded. The warm wet climate in the southwest of China speeds up the weathering of limestone by acid rainwater and chemicals in rotting plants. Surface streams lose water to cave systems developing in the limestone. Surface drainage is diverted down sink holes to below the water table. Peaks then start to develop from the land left after erosion by the streams. The cave system gets larger as fast-moving subsurface streams bore through the limestone and the water table drops. Much of the limestone has eroded past the caves down to a layer of shale whilst the limestone peaks remain, such as the one's found in the Guilin area.
There are two types of Karst features: Fenglin karst is characterised by peaks that rise near vertically, like trees, 100 to 250 feet (30 to 80m) above the surrounding flat ground. The other type is known as Fengcong karst. Their peaks are more cone-shaped and one hill meets the next across a depression or doline and are clustered together. If you travel down the Li River on a cruise, it starts with Fenglin karst before gradually giving way to the dense Fengcong as you reach Yangshuo.
Written Oct 17, 2008
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Favorite thing: These are great appetisers! Pickles are popular in Guilin. There are so many types to choose from and you will be "lost" as to which one to buy. We bought two packets of different types to try - the crunchy zucchinis and the silvery threads of seaweeds. Both tasted yummy. Lots of chillies pieces are seen on top of these pickles and they looked spicy but the taste is not really spicy - more like sourish , sweet and crunchy. Some are with specks of sesame seeds thrown in. There are some pickles which are threaded into sticks.
Prices of pickles depend on the type of pickles. Price range from RMB1.50 to RMB3.00 per packet and per stick of pickles : 1yuan to 2yuan.
See more pics on pickles and those that we have chosen.
Written Mar 31, 2008
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Favorite thing: You can get these slices of juicy watermelon from the make-shift stalls along the road. Vendors will just sliced the huge watermelon into slices and display them on the table. Take your pick - each piece costs RMB1. Some of the watermelon are seedless and most of them are sweet in taste.
See another vendor selling slices of watermelon - attached pic
Updated Mar 31, 2008
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