We took a flight to Guilin and when we arrived the temperature was really warm (about 25) which certainly made a difference to shivering for the majority of the rest of the time. There was also no fog or smog which was great.
We admired the lime stone karsts around the area (just like Krabi but with no sea!). First up was a 5 hour boat trip along the Li River to admire the scenery. It was very interesting but 5 hours didn’t half drag. There were no seats upstairs outside so if you wanted to sit down you had to sit in the cramped and very hot downstairs cabin. However the scenery was amazing. We went through the 7 horses rocks (you are supposed to be able to visualise horses in the rocks), Chris could make out 1 (Ruth none despite it being pointed out extensively). We were also able to admire the fishing villages en route and see lots of cormorant fishermen. The whole trip was a bit of a tourist trap with a convoy of 8 boats following each other, (they do like a group tour in China!)
We arrived at the pretty town of Yangshou and stayed the night. In the evening we went out on the town and visited a German Beer Pub (!!), it was really nice to sit outside in the evening in the warm temperature. The next morning we drove back to Guilin and did the tourist sights of the town. These included the obligatory gift shop of the “famous” pearl factory (we managed to resist), the really famous Reed Flute Cave (which was spectacular) and climbed 400 steps to admire the view from the top of Mount Deicai.
In the evening we went to see a cormorant fishing show. Unfortunately the Chinese weather had reverted to type and it was raining heavily. However we were able to clearly see the birds (with their throats tied) swimming alongside the bamboo raft and diving down for the fish and bringing them back to the fishermen.
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