Routine in Tourism —— A Record of Guilin, Guangxi

This year's Spring Festival, our family of three chose to visit Guilin, Guangxi, and felt a different Spring Festival.

We set off from Beijing, flew to Guilin, played in Guilin for two days, arrived in Yangshuo by boat along the Lijiang River, and played in Yangshuo for three days. On the last day, I wanted to go to Longji Terrace, but the trip of Longji Terrace was cancelled because of the fog, so I stayed in Yangshuo for an extra day, and finally returned to Guilin from Yangshuo and flew back to Beijing. The whole journey takes six days.

This paper records some unplanned expenses during the trip for the reference of friends who need to travel to Guilin in the future.

Traveling in Guangxi, I deeply realized that Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and Yangshuo's landscape is the best in the world.

Guilin is a city, and Yangshuo is one of Guilin 12 counties. The tour order must be to visit the scenic spots in Guilin first, and then go to Yangshuo.

Otherwise, Yangshuo is finished, and it won't feel so beautiful when you come back to see the scenic spots in Guilin.

Many scenic spots in Guilin and Yangshuo provide photo service. You can provide a small photo for free. If you need a large print photo, you need to buy it in 20 yuan.

In the process, I saw a lot of good photos, and if I didn't buy them, I would throw them away, so I couldn't help buying some. Especially when I asked for more photos of a family of three. There are not many photos at ordinary times. After all, I need help shooting.

On this trip, we spent more than 500 yuan on paper photos, haha!

According to my later summary, if you want to save some money in this area, you'd better not shoot for free in the past, otherwise you will definitely choose a few _

After the tour in Guilin, we chose to take a boat from Guilin along the Lijiang River to Yangshuo, and the scenery along the way was quite good.

We bought a so-called luxury cruise ship, tickets for 200 yuan, but during the ride to the dock, the tour guide told us that 50 yuan could be upgraded to the VIP position on the second floor of the cruise ship. There are many people on the first floor, and the space is small. The bathroom on the first floor smells bad, while the second floor has a better view than the first floor, and the environment is comfortable with fewer people. I couldn't help tempting three people to chip in 50 yuan each and go to the second floor.

After boarding the ship, I found that the environment on the first floor and the second floor was the same. They are very comfortable big sofas with very spacious seats. The bathroom is at the stairs at the junction of the first floor and the second floor, and there is no smell. The biggest advantage of the second floor is that it is relatively high, so it is better to sit in the engine room and watch the scenery outside. However, tourists can go to the third deck to see the scenery, and it is not a big problem not to upgrade.

After entering Wang Fu Scenic Spot in Jingjiang, Guilin, the scenic spot provides free tour guides. Later, it was discovered that this was the biggest routine encountered in this trip-selling Wang Fu Tommy.

Accompanied by the free tour guide in the scenic spot, we visited the transportation hall of the whole park, saw the ancient trees in the courtyard embraced by couples, and saw the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum under the Duxiu Peak. In Duxiufeng, we can find the original cliff stone carving of "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" left by the king of the Southern Song Dynasty 800 years ago, drill into the cave to see the Taiping Rock Grottoes, learn different Buddhist teachings, and experience it in the restored "Gong Yuan".

In the cliff cave under Duxiu Peak, people saw a different Buddhist world. The wall is carved with all kinds of stone Buddha statues. According to the introduction, everyone's birth age and attributes are naturally intertwined. If you want to get lucky, you have to worship the Tai Sui statue hanging on the wall. According to heavenly stems and earthly branches's theory, there are 60 tai sui, so with the different year of your birth, the tai sui you have to bow down to is naturally different.

After bowing down, you can donate a little merit in the merit box next to you, or invite one of your own tai sui to go home. There are Tai Sui printed on silk and Tai Sui made of jade for you to choose from. The price is naturally high.

Finally, my wife spent hundreds of dollars to hire a jade girl, the corresponding year was 1959, and she was going to take it back to her hometown to give it to her children's grandfather. This year happens to be my father-in-law's birth year.

According to my wife, although I know this is a routine, I still want to give this gift because old people may believe it.

In the Yulong River scenic spot in Yangshuo, ordinary cars are not allowed to drive in during the day. There are two solutions:

① Transfer to the means of transportation in the scenic spot, or rent bicycles and electric cars to enter the scenic spot.

② If you live in a scenic spot, you can choose to drive yourself into the scenic spot at night.

We booked a hotel in the scenic spot, so we chose to take a taxi into the scenic spot after 18 in the afternoon, so that we can take our luggage directly to the hotel.

According to the local villagers, if the Yulong River Scenic Area collects tickets, as a local, it will definitely share some income. However, if they charge the fares of vehicles in scenic spots, they will not benefit as locals.

During this trip, I took a bamboo raft and was deeply impressed by the beautiful scenery of Yulong River.

The price of the bamboo raft is 160 yuan. You can take two people at most, which is about three kilometers long and lasts for 40 minutes. We are a family of three. If all three people ride, they must rent two bamboo rafts, so after discussion, I took the children and their mothers took pictures of us on the shore.

However, when riding a bamboo raft, Fu Shuo, a rafter, can change people halfway, as long as he tips 30 yuan. So in the process of taking a bamboo raft halfway, we went ashore temporarily, and my wife and I changed, and both experienced the feeling of taking a bamboo raft.

Generally speaking, the experience of this trip to Guilin is generally good. Although I have experienced some routines, I have also increased my experience. There is a good saying: the money spent is your own. As for whether it's worth it or not, everyone chooses for themselves.