http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Xingping/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Guangxi , Xingping en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:52:01 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:52:01 BST In a bid to escape the hordes and the hotel prices of Yangshuo we decamped upstream to Xingping whose own karstsurrounded stretch of the Li River is so renowned that it features on the back of the 20 yuan note. Rooms were a little less astronomically priced here but the quality was lower and it also turned out to be an unsuitable base.Misty karst scenery in this region is a mainstay of Chines http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Xingping/blog-208778.html