We took a flight to Guilin - which is some of the prettiest country I have ever seen - and explored the country. We stayed in a gorgeous hotel and had a grand time touring Elephant Trunk Hill and Reed Flute Caves. The women peddling their wares were the most agressive salespeople I have ever come across. The followed us from the exit of the caves right up to the door of our bus. We went to a tea house and got to pick tea leaves, learn how to make different teas and attended a master tea ceremony (very cool).
The next day we took a river cruise on the Li River and then took a very long, sweaty walk in "town" in search of a bank. We did some shopping and found a crazy little market with all sorts of fresh food to buy - live snakes, live frogs, live chickens, etc. We then took in a Chinese opera (which I have learned I don't love) at this cool outdoor theater. The sets were great with hundreds of people in the cast moving across the river on barges, boats and huge floating sets. We then stayed in the scariest hotel of the journey (ask if you want the details) but had the best Engrish of anywhere we went (ask me about that too).
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