Hong Kong - ending our trip in style!

Having traveled for 187 days and through 10 countries we had finally reached the last destination of our trip...Hong Kong!

HK!

China - cycling the karst scenery of Yangshuo

Our bus from Ping'an dropped us back near the Hong Kong Hotel in Guilin and not far from our hostel, allowing us to quickly head back and grab our bags from Wada hostel who had been kindly storing them for us for free.

We grabbed a few steamed pork buns (yummy!) and a pastry for lunch before heading back into yet another rain shower to catch a bus to the Guilin bus station, just south of the Guilin South Railway Station.

Beautiful limestone karst scenery

China - Guilin and the Longji rice terraces

Guilin is a city surrounded by beautiful karst scenery. There are a couple of major things to do within a few hours of the city and a relatively easy distance given China - the Longji rice terraces a good 2 and a half hours north of Guilin and Yanghsuo a couple of hours to the south. But first we stopped off in Guilin for a night.

The journey there was fine, if a little long at 26 hours on a sleeper train. We decided to book lower hard sleeper bunks as we would be on the train during the day and wanted to be able to sit comfortably and have a table to sit at. The journey was really interesting. Looking out the window at the towns, cities and countryside (consisting mainly of rice terraces) to the random Chinese who would come and sit, say hello and some stuff in Chinese, ask if we could connect with them on WeChat and then wander off again.

Cheers!

China - Pandamonium