Having looked around at a map of the local tourist spots and after talking to the girls in the business centre of the Hotel, we decided to go to Seven Stars Park in Guilin. We had planned to go to Fubo hill and the Reed Flute Cave today, however having looked at the local area map we realised that they were on opposite sides of the city. Alternatively, the Seven Stars Park seemed to have all of the above and more in one convenient place and close enough via taxi,...

Day one in Guilin is the first day that we've not had a tour booked with a guide so it's the first time we've been able to relax and just chill. We went down for breakfast but then came back up and spent most of the day in the room.I know, I know, we only have a couple of days here so why didn't we go out? Truth is, we were knackered and the room is so cool.In the early evening we went out to get dinner and went to a higher quality local eating house. We ordered ...

We got to the airport at around 6.30pm, our flight scheduled to leave at 8pm. Our guide Holly rushed us straight to the check in line which really didn't impress Karron because she wanted to put on her jeans before getting on to the plane. In the end, she was scrabbling around getting them out of her bag whilst in the check in que.As it turned out, the flight was delayed by over an hour so there really wasn't ever any need to rush.We landed at just gone 11 and me...