Ten years ago, I came here. What should Guilin and Yangshuo look like in my memory?

The misty mountains,
The lush mountains,
Green and green terraces crisscross the paths,
The Yanyu Li River, with green mountains on both sides facing each other,
The interest of swimming in the small bamboo rafts in the river and walking on both sides of the towering mountains,
The small family of the Yulong River is gentle and long,
The rolling ups and downs of the Shili Gallery,
The brightly lit and lively West Street,
The long-standing Zhuang folklore of Sister Liu and Brother Niu...
This is the memory given to me when I first came to this beautiful land ten years ago! It is also a memory of my youth!

Ten years of time, time flowed like water, time flowed like a shuttle. Once again, I came to this land. Memories passed by like threads, and they were still familiar as poetry, painting, dream, and fantasy. What was added is:

Climbing high to see the vast expanse of smoke in the eyes of the mountains,
The bright golden color of the dragon's spine is completely different from the summer time,
Jingjiang Palace's well-preserved 600-year-old wall dating from the Ming Dynasty is mottled,
During the Republic of China, the bravery and fighting at the base camp of the Guangxi warlords,
Guilin's eternal feelings can be seen in an hour and a half to cover the grandeur of thousands of years.
There is also a group of people traveling together...

Every journey is full of unknowns, just like poetic mountains, amnesia water, and every inch of soil may be intoxicating.
Every memory is unforgettable, a fragment of sorrow, a cloud full of emotions, just like every pigeon may pass by Tiananmen Square, even if it is borrowed.

This year, several friends and I finally made time to come to Guilin, which we had been dreaming about for a long time. Considering that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to make your own strategies, high hotel prices, not very familiar with the city, and not wanting to travel to turn into a check-in process. After a friend's introduction, we had the honor to contact Xiaoxia, a local guide in Guilin. She arranged the attractions, tickets, accommodation, meals, and transportation properly, including free pick-up stations. The total was only more than 1000 in 4 days and 3 nights! And I visited all the essential attractions, including the Lijiang River, Xingping Ancient Town, Yulong River, Elephant Trunk Mountain, Yinziyan, Yangshuo, West Street, etc. The quality is pure and playful, and it is casual and comfortable.

Day 1: Pick up and check in at the hotel for free activities
Day 2: Sister Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden Rongshan Lake Scenic Area Jingjiang Palace Wangcheng Duxiu Peak

Day 3: Yinziyan, Xingping Lijiang Ancient Town, Yulong River, Bamboo Raft Drifting on Yangshuo West Street

Day 4: Return to Elephant Trunk Mountain in Doye Snake King Li Scenic Area

This is the hotel we stayed in. It's nice, clean and tidy.

It was free time at night. Through Xiaoxia's introduction, we took a taxi to Liangjiang Sihu Park for a walk.

The Sun and Moon Towers are located in the beautiful fir Lake in Guilin City. The Sun Tower is a copper tower and is located in the center of the lake. It is 41 meters high and has a total of 9 floors. The Moon Tower is a glazed tower with a height of 35 meters and a total of 7 floors. The two towers emit gold and silver lights under the light. The beautiful gold and silver towers at night are much more beautiful than the scenes you can see during the day

Day 2: Sister Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden Rongshan Lake Scenic Area Wangcheng Duxiu Peak

Day 3: Yinziyan, Xingping Lijiang Ancient Town, Yulong River, Bamboo Raft Drifting on Yangshuo West Street

The Yinziyan Cave is really beautiful

Yangshuo West Street

Last night, we came to Yangshuo West Street and ate Xie Third Sister Beer Fish. A friend previously recommended to me that beer fish must be more expensive to eat delicious food, so we risked our lives and ordered Sesame Sword at 168 yuan per catty. I can say that this is the most expensive fish I have ever eaten. Eating a fish for more than 350 yuan made me feel a little sore. When you come to Yangshuo, you must try the local beer fish. To be honest, it doesn't have the taste of beer that is sold too much, but the tomato flavor is very strong. Sesame Sword has a tender taste, and it does not have many small thorns. This is the best thing and it is very convenient to eat. Another very special thing is the field snail brew. The pork and hot snail meat are chopped into pieces and put back into the snail. It is a very unique method, and sucking a snail in one bite will taste delicious and taste very good. There is also Third Sister Xie's mountain spring brewed tofu, which is also very good. It has pork wrapped in tofu blocks, which has a home-cooked taste.

Day 4: Return to Elephant Trunk Mountain in Doye Snake King Li Scenic Area

It was already 3:30 in the afternoon when I arrived at Xiangshan Scenic Area.

As soon as you enter, you will see Elephant Trunk Mountain. When I first saw it, I was still a little excited. After all, this was a scene I had seen in textbooks since I was a child. Now it appeared in front of me alive, and it was still so beautiful and spectacular.

Elephant Trunk Mountain is Guilin's Chenghui Mountain and a symbol mountain for Guilin's tourism. It is located at the confluence of the Li River and Taohua River in the center of Guilin City. It is shaped like a giant elephant whose nose reaches into the Li River to drink water. Between the elephant's trunk and elephant legs is a round hole with an area of about 150 square meters. The river water passes through the hole, like a bright moon floating on water. The Xiangshan Water Moon located on the west bank is opposite to the moon-crossing Rock on the east bank of the Li River. One hangs in the sky and the other floats in the water, forming a unique landscape of "Double Moons on the Li River".

I am very grateful to Guilin guide Xiaoxia for this trip.

Travel is the yearning of the soul, and going home is the warmest harbor.

Clean up your mood and be ready to go,

Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles,

Be kind,

Do good deeds,

Every trip always has an invisible receipt, full of positive energy, and ends the hurried journey.