For Dragon Boat Festival long weekend this year, I traveled to a place in south West China called Guilin. This city is filled with hills and surrounded by mountains and caves making a very nice geographical place to visit. I went with fellow teacher Daniel Ferrante and we paid for a tour guide to take us to different attractions. So here are the pics...
Saturday May 31, 2014
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| The Sheraton Guilin Hotel |
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| FuBo (Taming Wave) Hill Scenic Area |
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| General FuBo in front of the hill named after him |
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| Sword Testing Stone (see the space in between?) |
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| Dan with our guide Tony, talking about water erosion. |
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| View from half way up FuBo Hill |
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| View from the top, looking over at an ancient University |
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| Outside the entrance of Reed Flute Cave |
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| Santa Claus |
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| Elephant Trunk Hill - the symbol of Guilin |
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| Plastic Apple Tree - only in China |
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| Stone Elephants playing in the Li River |
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| Dan having a seat |
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| Saturday's lunch - sweet and sour pork, garlic spinach, vinegar peanuts, and rice |
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| Went to a pearl market during the day, bought myself a fresh water pearl bracelet. |
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| Evening walk along the river outside the hotel |
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| Motorcycles outside the hotel. |
Sunday June 1, 2014 - Cruise along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo
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| Eggs Benedict and Watermelon Juice from Room Service |
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| River Cruise boats |
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| Lunch was onboard |
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| Water buffaloes |
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| Tiny 'kitchen' where lunch for 100 people was made. |
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| Beautiful house along the river |
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| Lots of boat traffic - cruise ships on the left, bamboo boats on right |
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| Nine Horses Escarpment |
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| I saw a face |
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| Dan with our new friend Wally from Colorado |
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| Chinese cruise boat versus a cruise boat meant for foreigners (ours did not have the tents on the top of the boat - so we could enjoy the sun) |
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| Sun and Moon pagodas |
Overall a great trip!
