China: In Search of the Past: Part 3: Guilin/Yangzhou

We leave Nanning’s pristine train station and after a spectacular two hours of Guangxi Province scenery reach Guilin. Guilin is revered in China for its winding Li River and sculptural limestone mountains—an eternally popular subject for Chinese poets. However, coming from Guangxi’s deep-deep south, I know these staggeringly beautiful mountains exist throughout the region and down to Vietnam. As far … Read more