Guilin Travel To Yangshuo And Li River Cruise Boat Trip

We left Beijing and headed for Guilin. We were luck as we meet four friends from Shanghai (one of which is ending a 4 weeks journey around China, in fact, he is doing the exact opposite route we were taking). Together we take the turbo jet to Shanghai and then board a flight to Guilin. Our original plan was to take bus to Yangshuo, we change it to stay in Guilin for one night so we can see the well-known parks and caves and then take a boat down the Li River Cruise to Yangshuo. We also meet five tourists from Macao who accompany us in our Guilin city tour. I stayed with them for 2 days while trave Guilin (bamboo boat ride, caves, hiking, etc.).

The third day, we depart Guilin and take the boat to Yangshuo. I stike up a conversation with a Shanghai women and she immediatly becomes one of our party which is great as she know Guilin very well. The boat ride is impressive as I catch wonderful scenery of mountains in the distance and waterbuffalo cool off in the river. One hour later, our boat began to slow and others passed us, several boats passes us by. We were stopped and baking in the midday sun. Our luck runs out as our boat breaks down and we have to stop in the middle of the Li river. It is 36 degrees with lots of humidity. We pass the time on the top of the boat playing games. 30 minutes later, the engines start and we are saved. The rest of the three hour boat ride floats by uneventful. What a great Guilin travel!