Guilin aka: 桂林

Yanghshuo, overrun and touristy as it is, left a much better impression on us than this desperate-seeming gateway to the Li River.

The scenery looks incredible – I’ve heard the landscape described as “egg box mountains”.

was with my lover Robert, and it was our first big journey. It was fantastic.
Guilin is special because of the river and the hundreds of mountains in its riverside.

I visited Guilin for about 3 days during my 2 week stay in China. We drove around by car and took boat tours which were a nice refreshing change to Guangzhou. I was in awe with the surroundings. My mom told me that this place was a favored environment for filming. Ah we also went to the Feng Yuan cave. Picture is from the boat tour.

We also had a 18.5 cent (American money) breakfast, and the food was STILL good!

If you see ground hog (or something similar) on the menu have a taste, you may find that you like dog. Also i went on a trip down the river on a rather old boat, they served us some rather exotic food, if you are slightyly squimish or don’t like snake from a jar, take some sarnies :) definately worth going tho, its beautiful but only for a couple of days, how long can you look at a river for???