Arrived in Guilin this morning and my first impression was, 'Wow, this really does look like the watercolor paintings hanging in museums around China'. I took the 20RMB bus shuttle from the airport to the CAAC building and then took a short cab ride. The cab driver was trying to persuade me to go to other hotels. This one is only 100RMB. Fuck man... I am paying 30 RMB for dingy room already. No need to spend more for dingy room with service.
The hostel I am staying at is well... a hostel. Little room, bunk beds crammed like sardines. What do I do but live with it. At least, the room has A/C even if it is weak.
It's almost four and I haven't eaten lunch yet. Just gonna skip straight to dinner. Had breakfast that consisted of preserved gourd of some sort of rice porridge on the plane ride. I am still scared whenever I fly but it's much better than that flight from London to Beijing.
Went to the Sevent Star Park and what rip-off. It is a nice park and it has the really cool karst formation called 'Camel Hill' but I was in and out and in like 2 hours. They had this tour of some cave within a karst hill. The guide kept describing all the stalactites as tigers or lions or elephants. I guess all the rocks look animals to the Chinese people here.
When I got out of the cave, (this is where the title of this entry comes in) I was bitten six times by mosquitoes within a span of ten seconds. I was taking a picture when I felt a tickle on my leg. Taking a look at what is feeling me up I see three fucking mosquitoes. Didn't get any of them and I guess I didn't see the other three but damn. I ran like hell out of there. My legs itch like crazy. Take note to bring bug repellant if you ever go to Guilin. It's worth noting that the park had many bodies of stagnant water. Perfect conditions for mosquito paradise. I saw a white haired yak today and it was so beautiful. I don't think I can eat yak meat again. It exuded a regal presence about it and had the roundest eyes I have seen. A deep green in color.
Don't know what the hell I am going to do for the next day in Guilin but I sure am not going to another park. Somewhere along the gushing Li River, por favor.
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Head to Yangshuo as soon as possible!
There are buses in front of the train station. There is a huge night market opp the Bus Stand where they have a lot of scary stuff you can eat. I was only brave enough to watch.
Lots of western food in Yangshuo as well, and Xi Jie gets pretty crazy at night -- so try not to stay there. Unless you want to party. All night.
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