We arrived in Guilin at about 6:00 pm and it felt as though we had somehow just arrived on another planet, a more modern planet at that.
Guilin is known as a very international city. It is China's pride and joy for welcoming dignitaries and other foreign visitors. Although I really enjoyed traveling though some of those other places in China, at this stage of the game I felt ready for Guilin.
The hostel was very nice. English was widely spoken and they had a menu that included western food. We were even able to access Facebook through some elaborate unblocking system that they had in place.
We spent three nights in Guilin and that gave us enough time to poke around the city and take a day excursion along the Li River.
We took an hour and a half cruise down the river and just sat back and took in the sights.
China is so proud of this area that it is featured on the 20 Yuan bill and it was mostly Chinese tourists who were around us.
The whole area is incredibly beautiful and it is easy to understand why the Chinese are so proud of it. The city is surrounded in pointy little mountains and apparently, according to Chinese textbooks, Guilin's landscape is the best under Heaven.
After a few days here it was time to move on again. Next stop, Hong Kong as the journey continues.
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