Enjoyable Trip to Guilin

Just came back from holidaying in Guilin, China. A wonderful trip covering a few cities in GuangXi province. It was so happen that GuangXi Zhong autonomous region is celebrating their 50 years anniversary. The city of Nanning and Guilin were decorated with beautiful flowers everywhere, so eye-catching. The weather was cold, averaging below 10C, damn cold, I couldn't take it, but fortunately, both my wife and me were not sick. Unlike our first visit to China last year also during end of autumn, both of us were down with stomach upset and diarrhea. It was a big letdown when you are supposedly happy going on sightseeing but your ass just couldn't co-operate and thus instead of fascinating on beautiful scenery, you end up frequenting W.C., and knowing the cleanliness of toilets in China, the less time you go to the loo the better.

This year's visit to Guilin is a memorable one. Perhaps we were better prepared for cold weather by putting up more clothes. Or perhaps the foods were more to our stomach's liking as compared to very oily and salty stuffs in Shanghai a year ago. Li river cruise was my favourite, beautiful mountains and crystal-clear river water that you can even see the bottom of the river. The best thrill was certainly seeing two pandas, Ying-ying and Yang-yang in Sevenstar Scenic Area.

We also went to see the terrace field in YangShou and experiencing the unique customs of ethnic minorities. It was enjoyable and cheap touring China. But of course the package also included the fixed itinerary of visiting tea, silk, Chinese medicine outlets that were made compulsory by the tourism department of China. Whatever it is, you can't complain for a 8 days 7 nights tour which inclusive of airfare, hotel, food and etc that only cost slightly more than RM2300.