Guilin

Beginning of May we had a very loooong weekend in HK (3 days off) and my friends Antje and Julia from Shanghai and me went to Guilin.
The area around Guilin is the place some might know from the famous chinese paintings; the scenery with the round mountains, the river and the fisher using Cormorants to catch the fish.
We booked a hotel in Yangshou;hour away by car from the big city Guilin.
The hotel was great, wit a nice view and very quiet.
Here is the link just in case one want to book it too: http://www.riversideretreatyangshuo.com/index.php?lang=en

And now enjoy the pictures with the typical scenery:

Guilin - people

Guilin - rice terrace

On our last day we went to a beautiful village where you could see the rice fields. The village was more like a place for tourists; you had to pay entry, could buy tourist stuff (really nice things like woven bags, famouse tea...) but you also could walk around in the area and see the rice terrace fields from above.

In the village lived a chinese minotity (dont know which one). The woman had all very long hair and if you where willing to pay for the foto, they showed their hair (I dont have a foto of this)

On the way we found a place where the people sold some food. Its sticky rice with some bacon and vegetable grilled in a piece of bamboo.

And after 3 days dinner at the airport in Guilin :)