Blogs from Guilin, Guangxi, China, Asia

We made our flight connection from Lijiang to Kunming with an hour to spare - an hour we really needed as Kunming airport was enormous. Recently completed it is now China's fourth largest airport and we had one and half kilometres to walk from security to our boarding lounge - not an airport built for the elderly or incapacitated! We were pleased to land in Guilin after a bumpy flight (the first flight that day had been much bumpier) and as the airport is thirty five kilometres from the centre we caught a shuttle bus (20 yuan each) that took us to an airlines office in the centre of the city. It was after dark and Guilin glowed with strip lighting which constantly changed colour, highlighting many of the buildings. The tall buildings had each floor ... read more

One year passed, I would like to share my travelling experience with you all guys. China is really an excellent country, not only for her profound history and culture, but also for her splendid modern development. From the south to the east, last year I had been to Guangzhou, Guilin, Xiangxi and Shanghai. I love travel. No matter where I go, I can discover something I have never seen, even I have been that place for many times. In Guangzhou, I visited the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center twice. In the first time, I just rode a bicycle crossing this mega center, taking a quick look at the gates of college. And the second time, I made a full preparation for the Lingnan Impression, because I wanted to have a well-known of the old Guangzhou, knowing ... read more

For Chinese, to maintain health equilibrium foods, classified as yin, yang, or neutral depending on their effect on the body, hyperactivity. Yin foods calm, and Yang foods provoke hyperactivity. Yang foods include eggs, fatty meats and pungent spices; they are strong, rich and spicy. Yin foods including raw fruits and vegetables and seafood, are bitter, salty and light. The Chinese also have another set of categories for foodstuffs: sweet (earth), bitter (fire), sour (wood), pungent (metal), and salty (water). Each type has influence over human organs and each also corresponds to a different season of the year. Salty foods are best in winter; they help the kidneys and bladder work well. Sweet, earth foods, for summer’s end, get rid of inertia and calm the stomach while bitter foods, eaten in early summer influence the small intestine ... read more

We had our first lie-in in ages! We casually got up and then got some breakfast at the hostel. The weather was horrendous...rain, rain, rain all day! So we spend most of the day in the hostel apart from going to get snacks for our 20 hour train journey tonight and taking and picking up some washing that needed drying. We caught up on emails, blogging, planning etc... We had an early dinner, made sure our bags were packed then headed to the station. The weather was still awful so we arrived at the station a little wet despite my best efforts to keep dry with a poncho and a bin bag. We then went through security and directed to our waiting area. People had already started boarding the train and with all the pushing and ... read more

I must have dropped off as the next thing the shed was full with light and it was about 7.30am. Aidan and I contemplated going hiking as planned and making the most of the Dragon's Backbone (Longji) Rice Terraces, especially because it cost us quite a lot in travel to get there not to mention the entrance fee but as we only had 24 hours to report the theft and get a police report we thought we better get back to Guilin. We didn't even bother with a shower we just removed some of the layers, packed and left. We had to wait about 30 minutes until the bus arrived and then squeezed our bags and ourselves onto the small bus packed with locals. Aidan managed to get a seat but gave it up a few ... read more

This is my first day in Guilin this tour. Its cold is beyond my imagination and I hope that it will be nice tomorrow! Because my plan is to take the Li River Cruise, which has won the high reputation throughout China. I hope I can catch this valuable chance to enjoy it!... read more