Guilin Restaurant

Our One Night in Guilin

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May 5th 2008
Our next stop was Guilin. It was a stopover for us before we took a four hour cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. Guilin has about 600,000 people, so it is the smallest city we have visited so far. Since we only had one night there, we didn't get to see much. But, what we did see, we really enjoyed! Guilin has beautiful walkways throughout the city. The city is right by the Li River, so ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more