Guangzhou - Guilin Trip 2014 : Day 5

12 Oct 2014

Wow, it's our last day in Guilin! how fast the time flies ~

So hari terakhir ni, takde apa sangat, just that after breakfast and check out from the hotel, we visited the Elephant Trunk Hill which is very near to our hotel, about 3 minutes away. This is a symbol of Guilin and it got its name because it looks like an elephant drinking water. 

Then, off we go to the airport and later transit at Guangzhou before we return to KL.

Bye bye Guilin. See you again, insya Allah.

Guangzhou - Guilin Trip 2014 : Day 4

11 Oct 2014

Sesudah breakfast dan seawal jam 7.45 am, kitaorang dah bergerak menaiki bas menuju ke Yangshuo. Perjalanan mengambil masa selama 2 jam 15 minit. Sepanjang perjalanan kita boleh lihat pemandangan yang indah dan mendamaikan hati.

Di Yangshuo, kami dibawa melawat ke Silver cave yang terkenal dengan keunikan stalaktit dan stalagmit pelbagai bentuk. Sepanjang jalan memasuki entrance Silver cave, boleh dilihat penjual menjual keladi rebus, dried persimmon, jagung manis rebus dan pelbagai jenis buah-buahan. 

Beberapa snapshot sebelum memasuki silver cave :

Kata orang, nak masuk silver cave ni, kena ada lutut yang kuat dan semangat  yang kental kerana ia memerlukan banyak berjalan. Memang ye pun ! Banyak betul anak tangga, naik turun bukit dalam cave tu beb! Alhamdulillah little button cergas dan banyak tenaga .... sikit pun tak minta kita dukung dia ... kita-kita ni pulak rasa besnye kalau ade orang dukung kita ... heheheee

subhanallah!

percaya tak, yang bawah tu actually a reflection of the stalactite on the above? there's a river down there

Seakan-akan bentuk lingzhi

Kemudian, kami dibawa makan tengah hari dan solat jamak di restoran tersebut. Sesudah itu, kami exercise sedikit, dengan berjalan kaki dari restoran ke tempat menaiki bot sepanjang Li river (tak dekat sangat) tapi dapatlah kita lihat sedikit sebanyak kehidupan seharian orang2 tempatan di situ.

Akhirnya tiba jugak ... entrance nak naik bot :

 Kemudian, kami menaiki bas untuk pulang semula ke Guilin dan terus menuju ke Bamboo Charcoal Super Market. Di sini dijual pelbagai produk berasaskan bamboo charcoal. Seterusnya, kami diberi pilihan, nak tengok acrobatic show atau tidak. pertunjukan adalah pada fixed time at 7.30 pm, so kami semua ditapau dinner, dan those who opted not to join dihantar untuk berehat dan dinner di hotel. Lepas show dah habis, rombongan di hotel dijemput menaiki bas menuju ke Zhenyang Pedestrian Street untuk souvenir shopping. Di sini tempatnye tak besar dan kebanyakan booth jual bende yang sama. I was hoping ada jual buah, teringin gak nak makan buah Guilin tapi tak jumpa. 

Sekian untuk hari keempat.

Guangzhou - Guilin Trip 2014 : Day 3

10 Oct 2014

After we had breakfast, around 8.00 am we checked out from the hotel and headed to Sanyuanli Leather Market. It opens at 9.00 am but we arrived there around 8.30 am. You can find many leather goods here and you may haggle with the sellers.

Some of the stores

We were given ample time here for shopping, about 2 hours but I was not interested so most of the time my dad and I just rested by the side while mama went off shopping.

Then, it was lunch time (eat again??!!). We had early lunch at 11.00 am because we need to catch our flight to Guilin around noon. So it was the same lunch place and outside the restaurant, there were some fruit peddlers. Most of us bought some cherries from them the day before, 20 Yuan for half kilo.

Buah bidara. You can see she is using penimbang zaman dulu-dulu

Flight from Guangzhou to Guilin took about 1 hour and we were served salted peanuts and mineral water. We got onto our bus around 4.15pm and by now I was sooooo hungry. I took a look at the packaging of the salted peanut, there was a halal logo and my dad said this can be eaten. So I ate the peanuts, and shared with my mom. Later, kitaorang kena sound dengan 'someone', dia kata ade orang yang degil, dah nasihat supaya jangan makan apa-apa snack by China Southern from Guangzhou to Guilin pasal tak halal ... tapi dah degil, nak buat caner kan. Kami rasa ralat la jugak, pasal ade tanda halal and jarang la dengar kacang tanah  digoreng dgn minyak babe. 

Tapi ni nak cite in advance, kitaorang pun made a mental note la, pasnih jgn makan la dlm flight tu walau lapar mcm mana pun kan. Sekali on the way back from Guilin to Guangzhou, the same flight served 2 biji roti to all passengers ... dahla kitaorang lapa gila, cume breakfast telur rebus je pukul 7 pagi dan takde lunch, sampai la the next meal dalam pukul 6.30 petang dlm flight ... bayangkan lapa dia mcm mana ... sekali the same 'someone' kata kat my mom, "eh, akak tak makan roti derang bagi ke tadi? laaaa.....kenapa pulak. rugi la akak. saya dah selamat makan dah pun." Adehh ... roti yang big possibility boleh ade lard dalam tu, takde logo halal di kotak, boleh pulak dimakan. salted peanuts tak boleh pulak. 

Ok, back to the story. Sampai-sampai, kita dibawa ke silk house. Tunaikan solat jamak di sini dan shopping here. After that, makan dinner di restaurant halal kepunyaan an indian. Later, kita checked in Vienna Hotel. 

Hotel ni ni 4 star, dan pwincess dapat bilik di tengah-tengah, dan sangat luas. Alhamdulillah. Wifi disediakan and the room is brighter compared to Euro Asia.

Room 505

Ade mixer shower as well as power shower