Guilin - Guangxi province in the South

We arrived in Guilin late on a night so we just chilled out in the hostel, also equipped with dvd and pool table and Sam and Jack got a bottle of the local 53% spirit, which according to the look of Sam the next day really did the job. Guilin is a strange place because if you can imagine a city like Manchester and then you turn around and see a flat landscape with huge peaks just rising out of no where you get quite a sense of amazement. The reaks arent part of range of hill or mountain they are just huge mounds that rise up and each peak in Guilin has at least one cave because of the way that they were formed so the south is a really nice place to take in some scenery. The next day we went to see Reed Flute Cave, which is just a massive cave inside a hill tht has various roack formatins inside resembling things like mushrooms, curtains and then you have got the classic stalagmites and stalagtites. Also we went on short bamboo raft ride on a nearby lake which was good, we got to steer and there was a guy on the banks playing a chinese flute type instrument and eventhough the day was slightly gold and the usual overcast gray sky the guy playing his flute was really easy to listen so so we enjoyed the raft alot more. Tomorrow we head off for Yangshuo which is only a short distance from Guilin, which is meant to be a popular hang out for backpackers and its more senic thn Guilin.