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Pro
Beautiful scenery around and the Cormorant Fishing
Con
too many tourists in the last 10 years.
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A chance to see some of the natural beauty China has to offer
hilron Says: We visited the Longsheng Rice Terraces and it became one of our best recollections with great pictures of rural China. That's 80 km north of Guiling. We took a minibus from Yangshuo to Guilin bus station and a public bus took us the same day to Longsheng in about three hours...
solopes Says: Descending Li river, you may receive a well detailed map, that gives a name to almost all the geological formations in the banks, and to some villages hidden in the green of the trees.Yangti is one of those names, meaning... nothing. We may see one or two roofs, maybe a...
10 Reviews and 204 Opinions The Welcome at the Sheraton was underwhelming because the staff were not particularly polite. The...
5 Reviews and 155 Opinions We've stayed at the Guilin Bravo hotel in January, so it was pretty quiet as it wasn't peak tourist...
solopes Says: 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...
Stalls in Elephant's Trunk Park: With feet in the water
solopes Says: In the Elephant’s Trunk park, there’s a small esplanade… IN the water. People prepare some food by the river, and you may try the fun of eating or drinking, with your feet in the water. I didn’t check the prices, but, as we only saw locals using it, they must be a pleasant...
solopes Says: The streets in central Guilin are lively, with hundreds of people walking around, ant stopping here and there in the many shops and bars. Darkness is thing of the past (at least in central area), and advertising challenges the illuminated touristy attractions. I noticed that...
Gold Coast Cultural Exchange Co: Minorities Show
solopes Says: Close to the hotel we had, included in our travelling package, a show of the ethnic minorities. It was totally different from the previous shows in Beijing and Xi’an. We were in a common theatre, with a popular audience, talking and laughing during the show, only missing…...
SirRichard Says: I flied to Guilin from London, stopping at Kuala Lumpur. This way you don't have to go to Beijing or Guangzhou, you fly directly into Guilin.Air Asia is a low cost asian company, with all the advantages (price) and disadvantages (the rest) of low costs. All their flights go...
SirRichard Says: In Guilin you can take a river Li cruise that will take you down the river to Yangshuo. The plan is roughly this:- Morning sailing down the river and watching the amazing landscapes of the mountains.- Lunch at Yangshuo- Some spare time in the town- Back to Guilin by busThe...
solopes Says: In Li River cruise, one raft - just one raft – approached, paddling, to the boat and offered some crafts to the tourists. That was something we should expect, but the surprise was… only one? Funny! China is really different!
solopes Says: HELP!The word came to my mind, but didn't reach the mouth, when we were received by 5 elegant girls, modeling... pearls. A rational analysis gave me some tranquility:" I'm with Americans, so, THIS TIME, someone else will pay the show. I will escape!"Pure illusion! THAT...
solopes Says: During the trip along the Li River, the crew tries to amuse the clients (and collect a few more RMB) with some local drinks. It couldn’t fail the liquor with the snake. I dont ’t know the price, but no one dared to taste. Well, if selling was the idea, the snake was not the...
solopes Says: I saw the “show” of the cormorants fishing for tourists (see my tips on it). I was tempted to believe that the tradition only lives now because of the tourism, but I’m not so sure: along the river lots of cormorants waiting in the rafts make me believe that they keep being...
solopes Says: The best of the trip in Li River is in the middle, so we may split it in three parts: the first one, when we “go to the party”, the second one, when we “enjoy the party”, and the third one, when we ”come from the party”. This means that the final part gets a little boring,...
solopes Says: In summer the water is so shallow that, here and there it is hard to believe that the big boat will pass. I heard that sometimes it gets so shallow that is absolutely impossible to pass. So, since that descent is the great reason to a trip to Guilin or Yangshuo, if you go in...
solopes Says: While you descend Li river the loudspeaker (and the supplied brochure), are putting names in everything that justifies a look. A large mountain with stripes in its slopes is said to be “the 7 horses”. OK. It's there! Don’t try to find the horses: one is out for a race in...
solopes Says: After lunch we were invited to taste a local wine on board. Some people thought that it was included, but not, they charged 50 RMB. I did taste it. It was a sweet wine, smelling like flowers, but… fresh and balanced. Not bad! No need to say! I know that they charged the...
solopes Says: I wrote in my Tacoma page about the disappointment that was my visit to its glass bridge, by Chihuli. Maybe because of it (and because I couldn’t read any special reference to this one, in Guilin), I didn’t approach the Crystal Bridge in Banyan Lake. Maybe glass, maybe...
solopes Says: It was a simple and nice idea, the installation of some statues of elephants playing in the water, in Elephant's Trunk park. It gave expression to the shallow and calm borders of the river, and integrates well in the landscape and touristy attraction.
SirRichard Says: 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...
solopes Says: 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...
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Q: I visited Yangshuo in 2007 for 3 days and will return to Guilin in October and stay in a hostel. I want to travel in this area but...
A: I've been to Guilin once and we went on an organised Dragon air package. We took the river cruise to Yangshuuo which was spectacular and the highlight of the trip. Took...
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