Biking the 'local bike highway', Moon Hill and massage - 1 December 2011 Today had the best day of my travels so far. After yesterday's disappointing Li River cruise (150yuan for a 30min boat ride), the group made a consensus to hire our own bikes and guide rather than participate in the tour-organised biking, bamboo rafting and lunch (250yuan). We managed to hire a bike, get access to Moon Hill and hire a local bike tour guide for 55yuan (about 12 NZD) each -...

Tummy troubles, overnight train and being an environmentally friendly traveller - 1 December 2011 Last day in Hong Kong had the second consecutive morning of waking up with horrible tummy pains. Obviously not the Burger King - think my tummy is adjusting to travel in general! We were to take the overnight train to Guilin (14h) in the evening so I ate barely anything all day because there was no way I was going to have a yuck tummy on the train! We caught the M...