Been slacking since my last paper so here i am posting something abt guilin... As said perviously, its a pretty rush day for me tt day when i depart for guilin as i had to return back to hall by 3pm and then rush off to the airport with the rest of them and reach the airport by 4+....luckily we made it on time and everything was smooth (i am pretty worried coz of my passport..haha..always seems to have lots of problem..luckily its smooth this time round)...
Reached Guilin airport and to our surprise, the hotel tt we booked is like 65km away from the airport and 45km from the city...and coz of the time we arrived, there is no more bus to the hotel. Had to take the cab which cost 320RMB (about 60+ Sing)..and along the way to the airport, both cab drivers stopped at the side of the road and advise us to go n stay in Guilin city instead and forgo our 5 star hotel(merryland Resort)...Spent like almost 20 mins trying to decide whether we shld go ahead with what the cab drivers suggested. To be honest, i dunno why we are so easily manipulated by what the cab drivers said...maybe singaporeans trust pple too much already....
Glad that we stuck to the original plan and checked in to our 5 star hotel....actually we were also being mis informed about this hotel, coz we thought it is located in the city, but actually its so far away. And tt gave us tonnes of headaches for the arrangement of the transportation...which result in us being Kings and Queens for the next few days. Chartering the hotel vehicle for ourselves...and on top of that, we even ordered room service almost everyday...this is an ultra luxurious trip for me..but luckily, these services after converting back to Sing dollars is still considered cheap. Alright, enough of the grandmother story....now into the main part of the tour....
Reached Guilin airport and to our surprise, the hotel tt we booked is like 65km away from the airport and 45km from the city...and coz of the time we arrived, there is no more bus to the hotel. Had to take the cab which cost 320RMB (about 60+ Sing)..and along the way to the airport, both cab drivers stopped at the side of the road and advise us to go n stay in Guilin city instead and forgo our 5 star hotel(merryland Resort)...Spent like almost 20 mins trying to decide whether we shld go ahead with what the cab drivers suggested. To be honest, i dunno why we are so easily manipulated by what the cab drivers said...maybe singaporeans trust pple too much already....
Glad that we stuck to the original plan and checked in to our 5 star hotel....actually we were also being mis informed about this hotel, coz we thought it is located in the city, but actually its so far away. And tt gave us tonnes of headaches for the arrangement of the transportation...which result in us being Kings and Queens for the next few days. Chartering the hotel vehicle for ourselves...and on top of that, we even ordered room service almost everyday...this is an ultra luxurious trip for me..but luckily, these services after converting back to Sing dollars is still considered cheap. Alright, enough of the grandmother story....now into the main part of the tour....
Merryland Resort Hotel (5 Star)....ultimate luxury siaz...=)Day 1: We took a raft and travelled along the river and visited several nice scenic places. And actually we kena chopped once again like a radish head(Cai Tou) coz we paid 200RMB for the raft, which in the locals eyes as astronomical price!!!!...Ok..so Singaporeans really so gullible siaz...but the scenery and the experience made up for this cai tou experience....
soaking our legs in the coooooooling water...
After that we went on to visit the reed flute cave…actually I have visited numerous caves before, Vietnam, laos and now Guilin…and I find tt this is the most spectacular one I have seen so far..
the super nice lighting in the cave...
Then after much much persuasion by a local, we decided to go for the raft in the lake again, this time we bargain for so long to reduce it to 5RMB…guess we simply got all our priorities wrong siaz…we din even bargain for the 200RMB raft ride and yet we are bargaining for a 5RMB one..what’s wrong with us??hahaha..What surprised me next is tt, we have to row the raft ourselves!!!.. totally stunned and no wonder the price. But it turned out to be a great experience...
rowing the raft can be scary siaz...esp u have pple like david trying to rock the raft 
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