Our hotel 桂福大酒店, was very convenient. Just 5 minutes stroll to the famous 西街, where many 老外 hang out. There we met up with 4 other CUHK peeps who were there on 自由行 - free & easy. So surprised and happy! Amazing how we can actually meet them without prior contact - in this part of guilin, in this part of yang shuo, at that particular time an place. cool eh!
Then we took one of the most exciting bicycle rides I ever had in my life. Even though it was a doublet, we had to maneuver way through the busy streets of yangshuo, together with the locals and the reckless vehicles, and it was quite strenuous but fun at the same time! wooo.
The next day, we visited two caves - 岩... which had all these amazing rocks that people imagine they look like something or another. 银子岩 is a more preferred choiced compared to 丰鱼岩 according to my friends, but prefer the latter. Even though the 2 hour tour was cut short to just 1 hour, because of high tide in the cave, and we couldn't take the internal boat ride, I felt more comfortable there compared to the silver cave. The air was fresher and it felt less claustrophobic.
That's us - outside the cave! :D
The river rafting experience was the highlight of the trip. We sat on these rafts, called 竹棑 or 鸟棑 ... And someone would row it along 遇龙河 for us. Tranquil and utterly beautiful!
The massiveness of the mountains in guilin amaze me. God is great eh? Whenever I look up and see the greatness of the rocks, it constantly reminds me of the vastness of God's love for us all. If God can create such beautiful and amazing rocks, what more can He do?! Everything!
Haa.. Then we visited 世外桃园 - supposedly a beautiful place beyound our imagination. I felt that it was not bad, but was too commodified. Not as beautiful as I expected it to be. However, I did enjoy the boat ride, especially the scary "wild people" who kept wooing at us; the handicrafts, and the display of skills - from sewing in the old-fashioned way, making paper from fibre, to printing using those huge chops. I also did enjoy the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere it had.. and really had a great time with my friends there.
Us with the tribal people.
Another highlight of the trip - 印象刘三姐! Directed by Zhang Yimou, with 12 REAL mountains as the backdrop, and 600 actors and actresses! WOW! What a blast!
Those small lights at the bottom of the picture are people! :) Amazing! Enjoyed it to the tiniest bit! And not forgetting the amazing backdrop.. just jaw dropping! And the myriads of stars in the sky! No wonder this show enjoys a 3000 audience every time; and there's 2 shows every night!
Our plane was delayed for 3 hours due to heavy rain and lightning in Guilin. After arriving in Guilin airport, we managed to reach our hotel at 2am or so.
The next day, we took a 4hour boat ride along 漓江. The boat ride was pretty enjoyable I felt. Even though the basement was stuffy and had many old people who spent most of their time spitting 瓜子 seeds and chatting loudly, and the fact that we had nothing much to do except to sit and wait for lunch.. I felt that the time spent on the deck was amazing! The scenary was breathtaking and the air was clean and fresh. Phototaking was never so enjoyable. We signed up for a professional to take photographs of us, and we had a fun and relaxing time posing. haaa. Money well spent.
On arrival at 阳朔 (yangshuo), we were met with these ugly birds who were amazingly obedient - they're fish catchers of the 漓江, I'm told. At the entrance of yangshuo, we were greeted with small stalls selling handicrafts and 土产 (stuff made by people in yangshuo).. Vibrant and alive. Then we took the main means of transport - a sentosa like vehicle that took us to our hotel.
Our hotel 桂福大酒店, was very convenient. Just 5 minutes stroll to the famous 西街, where many 老外 hang out. There we met up with 4 other CUHK peeps who were there on 自由行 - free & easy. So surprised and happy! Amazing how we can actually meet them without prior contact - in this part of guilin, in this part of yang shuo, at that particular time an place. cool eh!
Then we took one of the most exciting bicycle rides I ever had in my life. Even though it was a doublet, we had to maneuver way through the busy streets of yangshuo, together with the locals and the reckless vehicles, and it was quite strenuous but fun at the same time! wooo.
That's us - outside the cave! :D
Haa.. Then we visited 世外桃园 - supposedly a beautiful place beyound our imagination. I felt that it was not bad, but was too commodified. Not as beautiful as I expected it to be. However, I did enjoy the boat ride, especially the scary "wild people" who kept wooing at us; the handicrafts, and the display of skills - from sewing in the old-fashioned way, making paper from fibre, to printing using those huge chops. I also did enjoy the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere it had.. and really had a great time with my friends there.
Us with the tribal people. 
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