The afternoon we arrived there we spent some time touring the city center where all the shopping and eating is. Unfortunately, we struck out again at the restaurant we chose (more on this curse later) and the shopping was too busy so we just took our time strolling around the lake on the way back to our hotel.
The next day was jam packed with tours. We first headed to our Li River cruise. If you've ever seen paintings or photos of China that included fog covered mountain peaks hovering over a winding river, that's the Li River. It is every bit as scenic/epic as those pictures make them seem, too. The cruise lasted about 4 hours which was a bit long, but that comes with the territory. The boat docked in a small village about an hour outside of downtown Guilin where the streets were lined with merchants selling souvenirs.
On our way back to Guilin we stopped by the Reed Flute Cave, another popular tourist site. Again, everything was very nicely decorated with lighting that highlighted some points of interest in the cave. This picture shows the reflective "lake" inside the cave.
Our day ended with a nighttime boat tour of the Four Lakes in Guilin. Mellie took this picture below of one of the lit structures highlighted along the lakeside. She kept saying how much the whole tour felt like a big Epcot exhibit. It was very nice.
That was it for Guilin. The next morning we took off for Xi'an, which I'll tell you more about in another post. Our thanks to Bob Li, our tour guide in Guilin. Cool guy.
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