Page 16 - China 14 Day Sample Itinerary

DAY 09 GUILIN Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner This morning drive to Yangdi pier where you will This afternoon enjoy a cooking class at the Yangshuo board a ‘bamboo’ raft for a 90 minute journey along Cooking School. The cooking school is located in a the Li River. As your raft glides along peacefully you traditional Chinese farmhouse. Begin with a visit to will enjoy the beautiful scenery and the sounds of the local fruit and vegetable market where you will nature. Small villages line the shore; small, arched learn about the ingredients that will be used in the bridges span the streams which run into the river; dishes you will learn to prepare. Return to the school water buffaloes wallow in the water and naked and learn how to prepare 3 Chinese dishes. Enjoy the children play in the warm caves. authentic meal you have just learned how to prepare. Disembark and drive to Yangshuo, a small town on This evening attend the “Yinxiang Liusanjie” the picturesque Li River. The region is famous for its performance. The show is performed on the water dramatic karst landscape. The hills taper upwards with the background of the river and mountains. like cones and form an incredible panorama when There are numerous farmers/actors involved in the viewed from a distance. From certain vantage points show with traditional dancing and minority songs. the hills appear to resemble all sorts of objects and creatures: animals, pagodas, needles, plants and it is “Liu San Jie” is the name of a girl in a famous not surprising, therefore, that the native population Chinese story about Guilin. Later the story was made has bestowed the most imaginative names on them. into a film and was about a famous folk song singer that had a lot of struggle with the landlords and Over 300 million years ago this region was fought for the right of the poor farmers. submerged under an extensive sea. Certain geological phenomena contributed to the formation After the show, you will be transferred back to Guilin of the landscape during the course of millions of and dropped off at the Shangri La Hotel Guilin. years: folds occurred in the earth's crust, the water level subsided and erosion took its toll. Overnight: Shangri La Hotel Guilin – Deluxe Riverview Room IS NOW COMPLETE