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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Guilin, China by TravelPod blogger Simonandali2009 titled “Guilin – The Landscape of Limestone Hills” Simonandali2009′s travel blog entry: “Guilin — The Landscape of Limestone Hills After the hustle and bustle of Beijing and Xi’an our next stop was the quieter Guangxi Zhuang province in southern China. Despite our love for long train journeys this time we opted for the quicker option and braved China Southern airways direct to Guilin. (We spent some time picking a flight with a larger jet in the hope it would be safer… maybe a little paranoid but it worked) Guilin is a small town in Chinese terms, just 600000 people, it is surrounded by an amazing landscape of limestone karsts / hills. The picturesque countryside, combined with the increase in temperature, make the place a lot more relaxing than Beijing or Xi’an. After checking into the lovely Riverside Hostel (yes, another hostel, but still not in a dormitory), we headed out into the town to explore. The town’s centre point is two lakes with illuminated pagodas in the centre — one of which is supposed to enlighten you if you pay a certain amount to climb it, very pretty but on a backpackers budget we decided to save the Yuan so didn’t climb it. We were far more fascinated with the food on the streets — outside every other restaurant there are cages of animals just waiting to be turned into some local delicacy and served up with rice or noodles. There were chickens …
