As we make our way from Nanyue to Guilin, we were back on a tourist trail. A famous one in fact since its Guilin. Still it was a nice pace travelling without having to do much intensive research.
Waking up late afternoon in Guilin after a long journey, it was time to get out of the hostel, find food and explore. Guilin City felt like an underrated destination. Most people seams to sell the river cruise of Guilin to Yangshou and that Guilin was just a stopover point to get to Yangshou.
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| Sun & Moon Pagoda in Guilin |
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| Two River & Four Lakes Garden Walk |
I find Guilin a lovely city, beautiful with many gardens and just busy enaugh that it was not cosmopolitan white wash.
We walked around aimlessly and stumble upon the pedestrian walking street and they were full of tourist trinkets. Park walk at night was filled with live street performances of locals and it was one of those places where there is not much to do yet so easy to burn time wandering around. I decided to stay another night the next day and felt Zaine was a bit hesitant but did not want to voice out.
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| Guilin Zhengyang Road Pedestrian Walking Street |
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| Dongxi Lane Scenic Shopping District |
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| Xiaoyao Building - Guilin |
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| Street Performers in Guilin |
The second day after much info probing from the hostel reception lady at night, we decided to skip the solidarity mountain scenic attraction which house the prince palace. The entrance ticket was a costly RMB100 and the hostel lady hesitantly recommended another mountain for the hike which was free.
We looks like poor but healthy backpackers hence she told us the info. The hike was not pure steps but rugged through rough stones and with the last portions mostly scrambling up a large rock with no safety barriers which was way too dangerous for sane people to be doing it.
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| Krast Mountain Around Guilin City |
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| The Best View in Guilin |
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| Guilin City |
The view at the very top however was the best view in Guilin in my opinion. Totally worth hanging out another day in Guilin just for this excursion.
Traveled on : Dec 2023
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