Longi Rice Terraces I had chosen to take a day tour from Guilin to the rice terraces in the mountains. I was a little bit concerned that I might be the only one going when nobody was around when the tour guide was supposed to come and collect me, but I need not have worried. A French couple joined me from the hostel and then we joined a whole bus load of Chinese! I had imagined a little minibus from the hostel, but we had a 50 seater coach. The drive to the ter...

Shanghai to Guilin I got up nice and early and checked out, courtesy of the sleeping security guard. The metro was nice and quiet for a change, which made it easy to negotiate with my pack. I also made suprisingly good time and got to the airport way too early. Better that with an easy journey than a difficult one and be on time though. The airport was a bit confusing to begin with, but actually made a lot of sense once I got to grips with it. My flight was not...