Shenzhen – Guilin – Yangshuo 18 – 22 June 2009

18 June: Visited shopping mall and Phoenix Mountain in Shenzhen. At nite, took an hour flight to Guilin. Stayed at Yangshuo Mountain Retreat about 10 mins away from Yangshuo town. Reached Guilin midnite then picked up by someone arranged by the hotel. It took abt 1 hr to reach the hotel from Guilin airport by highway.

19 June: Rafting for 2 hours along Yulong river then visited Real River Cave. In this cave, there is a hotspring and a mud bath. From here, we stopped at Moon Hill village to have dinner. At nite, we went back to hotel by motorbike.

Yulong River

Yulong River

20 June: Checked out from Yangshuo Mountain Retreat then moved to Yangshuo town Paradesa Hotel very near to West Street. Hotel is good, but service is not so good. In the afternoon, visited Silver cave. This cave simply amazing and very colorful. Must see! At nite, watched Impressions Light Show directed by Zhang Yimou. After the show, walked around West Street and stopped at a bar for a drink. What a lucky nite, there was no electricity for some bars in West Street and I was at one of them. Not too bad, managed to relax in the bar for a while thought before the lights went off.

Silver Cave

Silver Cave

Impressions Light Show

21 June: Hired a taxi to bring us to Yangti village located between Guilin and Yangshuo.We took some kind of boat ride to enjoy elegant mountains along Li River from Yangti village to Xingping village for 3 hours. Again, visited West Street to buy some souvenirs.

Li River

22 June: Flew to Shenzhen, relax relax, then flew back to Singapore at nite.