November 6th, 2009 by admin
So now we finish our trip with two days to ourselves to do what we like and explore Shanghai at our own pace. As it turns out our pace is pretty slow, almost stationary and after nearly 4 busy weeks of doing stuff we decided to take some time out and rest. So [...]
November 4th, 2009 by admin
So as the title says we now head on to our final China location: Shanghai. We arrived just after midday and met our last guide Tom (Liam and I think he looks like Jet Li, but we’re not gonna take a swing for him just in case).
We went straight to the resturant where we [...]
November 3rd, 2009 by admin
All around us are pointy and round hills, loads of them. They fill the skyline and surround the town/village we are in, which is called Yuangshou (and hour outside Guilin). We’d heard that there is one such hill nearby that you can climb up and visit another well placed Buddhist temple overlooking the Li River, [...]
November 2nd, 2009 by admin
After a full days travelling yesterday we arrived in Guilin tired and ready for bed, but through the dark and our sleepy eyes we could just make out the looming shapes of the mountains which surround the city.
Today we woke up refreshed and ready to take in the scenery on our cruise down the Li [...]