5 Days 4 Nights Guilin + Liuzhou: Girlfriends with Child Departing from Xinxiang, Henan

(More comfortable than high-speed rail, you can have a good night's sleep, and mainly you can take one less day off work)

After returning from Elephant Trunk Hill, we strolled around Jingjiang Prince's Mansion, which was just behind our accommodation, a few minutes' walk. Coming out of there, we found ourselves at East-West Alley, which had lots of snacks. We ordered the local specialty vinegar blood duck at a restaurant called Guiyan. It was quite tasty, but the owner warned that out-of-towners might not be used to it.

After dinner, we cycled to the Sun and Moon Pagodas for photos. The lights at night were beautiful, and there were many people taking photos. Along the way, there were many street singers; the atmosphere was really great, just my style~~~ Listening to music, riding a bike, feeling the breeze – so relaxing~ Went back to sleep.

Early the next morning, we had a 2-yuan sticky rice ball, a bowl of rice noodles, then took a taxi to Yangshuo-Xingping Ancient Town. The mountain road scenery was beautiful, with sugar orange trees everywhere on the hills, adding a touch of color to the ink-wash landscape~ After about an hour, we arrived at Xingping Ancient Town bus station. We stored our luggage at a small shop next to the station and rented two electric scooters for 50 yuan. We planned to ride to the 20-yuan note background spot. The town was small, and we reached the photo spot in about ten minutes by scooter. We took many photos, then ate bamboo tube rice~ mugwort leaf cakes~ strolled around the town, and had another bowl of rice noodles. Truly, any random shop was delicious~ (Of course, the one in Guilin was still the best.) Full and done, we returned to the bus station and took a bus to Yangshuo West Street… Arriving in Yangshuo about forty minutes later, we took a taxi to our guesthouse, just ten minutes away.

We rested at the guesthouse until dark, then went out to explore West Street. The night made West Street both beautiful and lively. We had the local specialty beer fish~ It was pretty good, though a bit pricey~ And the local Liquan beer~ Delicious~

By the time we returned from sightseeing, it was 4 PM. We went to West Street to buy mangoes~ ate stir-fried beef~ taro~ fried rice~ Full, we went back to the guesthouse to rest for two hours. Feeling a bit bored, we spontaneously decided to see the Guilin Ancient Love show. We booked tickets against the clock, dressed up, and headed straight to the venue. It took about ten minutes by scooter, and we arrived half an hour before the show started.

Truly, you don't know until you see it – and once you see it, it's amazing! Haha~ Videos really can't capture the live spectacle! Totally worth it! A must-see!

Travel Diary Index

1. Day 1: Boarded a train from Xinxiang to Zhengzhou at 8:30 PM, with a 50-minute transfer stop, then took a hard sleeper from Zhengzhou to Guilin North

2. Day 2: Arrived at Guilin North Station around 11 AM, took a Didi to the guesthouse. I really have to mention this guesthouse – it exceeded my expectations. The room was large, with a huge balcony that had a perfect view of Solitary Beauty Peak. So beautiful! There were four of us plus a child – totally worth it! We dropped off our luggage and went straight to a nearby shop for rice noodles. The dry-mixed ones were super delicious! After eating, we returned to the guesthouse to rest a bit, then rode shared bikes to Elephant Trunk Hill for photos. Cycling along Binjiang Road was so beautiful, like a dream.

3. Day 3: Chartered a car to Xingping Ancient Town

4. Day 4: Rented two electric scooters, planning to ride the dreamy Ten-mile Gallery and the most anticipated Yulong River bamboo raft~ Went early to Guilin Porridge City for olive vegetable and lily porridge~ pumpkin cake~ osmanthus cake~

5. Day 5: Headed to Liuzhou, ate Wanjialuo snail noodles~ watched the large-scale musical fountain of 'Liuyue'~ went to Victory BBQ City for stir-fried ice~ taro ice~ duck feet pot~ stir-fried noodles~ Stayed one night

6. Day 6: Early in the morning, had wonton noodles~ beef brisket noodles~ (couldn't even finish one liang) Delicious and generous portions~ Also bought a 3-yuan sticky rice ball to take on the train~ Liuzhou to Xinxiang East took over 8 hours, finally home~ (I'll come back to Liuzhou next time~)

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