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Guilin, the hick town of China, or that was what it seemed when we arrived there! It was a small station in the middle of a small town! It was a hell a lot hotter than anything we had experienced before hand! The train journey had been hell. John wasn't feeling very well and we were constantly worried he was going to be sick in the bunk! We had no food and no water, it was hellish
Anyway we arrived at our hostel to discover that we were in an already filling room! It was on the 4th floor, walking up all of those steps with a back pack was a nightmare! We settled in and then headed off to the Reed Flute cave. It was really impressive. The inside was massive! We didn't have a guide so we just trotted around taking some photos!
We have our own cabbie in Guilin, his name is Sun, The is a legend! He took us to buy our bus tickets out this mosquito hell whole and we headed back to the hostel!
The next day we had hired a speed boat to take us up the River Li. It was amazing scenery. These lime stone cliffs just jut out of the hill side like something has moulded them there, it is quite surreal!. Charles was asleep for most of the journey so missed the good bits! Oh well never mind! Ian has got the photos as I forgot to charge my camera! We were joined by an American that day called Trevor! He was a law student at Yale
We spent 3 hours cruising the river taking us to a point called Yangshou. It was a really nice town with lots of westerners, something that we had not seen a lot of if any in Guilin
Next day we took the overnight 'sleeper' bus to Chenzhen! This was a small border crossing town that was located just outside Hong Kong! The journey was awful! It was supposed to take 12 hours but ended up taking 16. We had several stops by the police. The road was so bumpy and I was almost knocked out of bed on several occasions!
The chinese really need to adjust the bus's and trains so that they can cater for the western build. I was about a foot long for the bus bed and the train! Meaning that my back is pretty ruined as I haven't had one nights sleep with a proper sized bed, or a comfy one at that!
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