It took me more than one year to complete blogging about my Guilin trip. In fact, there is still one or two more posts to go before I can safely say that I have wrapped it all up haha!
Some of you had even asked me why after one year of blogging about the trip, I was still posting about Day 1. LOL!
So here is my 10 days in Guilin in chronological order.
Day 1
My First Day In China
Backstreet Youth Hostel
My First Meal In Guilin
The Elephant Trunk Hill
A Visit To Central Square In Guilin
I Ate Horse Meat At Hao Da Ma
My Two Rivers Four Lakes Night Cruise
Day 2
Rice Noodles Breakfast At Zheng Yang Pedestrian Street
My Visit To Daxu Ancient Town (Part 1)
My Visit To Daxu Ancient Town (Part 2)
My Visit To Daxu Ancient Town (Part 3)
My Visit To Maozhou Island
I Saw Jay Chou At Guilin Night Market!
Day 3
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 1)
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 2)
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 3)
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 4)
Day 4
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 5)
My Trip To Longji Rice Terraces (Part 6)
Climbing Up Solitary Beauty Peak
The Twin Pagodas Of Shan Lake
Day 5
My Very First Li River Cruise (Part 1)
My Very First Li River Cruise (Part 2)
Crappy China Tour Company
Jian Shan Temple
The Big Banyan Tree
How We Were Short Changed On Moon Hill
Ju Long Tan Cave
Did We Pay The Tour Company?
Xi Jie Youth Hostel
A Walk Along West Street
Day 6
My Yulong River Rafting Adventure (Part 1)
My Yulong River Rafting Adventure (Part 2)
My Yulong River Rafting Adventure (Part 3)
Mei You Cafe
I Was Impressed By Impression Liu Sanjie
Day 7
Lost In Xingping (Part 1)
Lost In Xingping (Part 2)
Lost In Xingping (Part 3)
Lost In Xingping (Part 4)
Day 8
Lost In Xingping (Part 5)
My Meals At Mickey Mao's
Day 9
What Happened On The 9th Day
Seven Stars Park (Coming Soon)
Day 10
My Last Day In Guilin (Coming Soon)
Now there is a reason why I put up all my Guilin posts here. I am running a contest. There are FOUR contests here. You may join either one, or two, or three, or all four contests!!
CONTEST #1
This is the easiest. Be the first commenter on this post and you are the winner of a souvenir from Bangkok!
CONTEST #2
This is not too difficult either if you like spamming comments, LOL!! Be the person with the most comments and you are the winner of a souvenir from Bangkok!
Rules: Each comment must not be less than 8 words.
Closing Date: 10th November 2010, 11.59pm sharp.
CONTEST #3
This is a little harder, but the prize is better. Write a short post on your blog about why you would love to visit Guilin (if you have not visited before) OR why you love Guilin (if you have visited before) and link back to this post. The post which I like best will win! I will keep the prize a secret for the moment.
Closing Date: 14h November 2010
CONTEST #4
This one is not too tough either if you know where to look for the answers! They are all found in the numerous Guilin travel posts on this blog! (which is why I have listed them out here for you)
The first person to answer all the 5 questions below correctly will win a prize which shall remain a secret for the time being.
Question 1: Where did I and my travel partners stay on our 4th night in Guilin?
Question 2: Where during my trip did I see live crabs being fried alive?
Question 3: How many horses I saw during my Li River Cruise?
Question 4: On which day of my Guilin trip I met with an accident?
Question 5: Did I and my travel partners pay the tour company in the end?
Rules: The answers to all 5 questions must be in one comment.
Take note that you can be a multiple winner ie. if you win Contest #1, that will not stop you from winning Contest #2, #3 and #4! Good luck and Have Fun!! : D
FIRST COMMENTER
:D
muahahahahaha!!! i am the first commenter!! cool~~ :D
wow, so many contest here!! you are really generous dude, cater for many kind of readers with different capabilities!! kekekeke..
ok ok, i've now won Contest #1, give chances to other readers for Contest #2, skip Contest #3.. and i'll attempt Contest #4.. geez~~~
my answers for Contest #4:
1) Guilin Backstreet International Youth Hostel
2) On the river bank during your Li River Trip on the day you visited Elephant Trunk Hill
3) oooh, only 4 out of 9~~
4) Day 6 during your Yulong River Rafting
5) Of course you DIDN'T :D
Congrats, SK!
Foong, that's a great list for readers to follow your trip. How was Bangkok? Looking forward to your story and pictures.
I don't want souvenir from Bangkok. I want prize go to Bangkok. Can? XD
Huh!?? You went there last year?
I thought you went there this year...
After one year you still blog about it...
So you just came back from Bangkok?
I can foresee that your Cambodian posts will run into 2011...
And your Bangkok posts? Maybe 2012...
very generous blogger.. each time go traveling sure think of us.. hahaha.a..
Aiyoohh I missed the FC by so much!!
Are you back yet?!!
lol! i never blog hop since back from KL. so definitely missed this post too! :D
maybe i can try to blog bout why i want to visit guilin? see if i have the time 1st.
gud luck to all participants! :D
10 days take one year...i wonder if u go 1 month then take how long..LOL
You did not say your travel partner can't participate in the contest, right?
So, here I come spamming your comment section after such a long time absent from here, haha!
Ok, here it goes! Answer for question 1 in contest #4 is of course Guilin Oasis Inn.
Answer for question 2 in contest #5 is of course at the banks of Li River, when we made a short stop coming back from visiting the Elephant Trunk Hill.
You spot 4 horses on Nine Painted Horses Hill. This one I got it from your post.
That is on Day 6, when you injured your toes slipping into waters during our Yulong River rafting. And you famously asked me to take pictures of your injured toes.
Yes, we did pay the tour company in the end, and trust me, that was one of my scariest travel moments of all time, haha!
So, am I eligible to win the prize for contest#4? What will be the prize I guess?
Unfortunately for SK, he got wrong for the first and the last questions.
Oh before I left, I saw the rule to contest #4. Here it goes again!
Answer for question 1 in contest #4 is of course Guilin Oasis Inn.
Answer for question 2 in contest #5 is of course at the banks of Li River, when we made a short stop coming back from visiting the Elephant Trunk Hill.
You spot 4 horses on Nine Painted Horses Hill.
That is on Day 6, when you injured your toes slipping into waters during our Yulong River rafting.
Yes, we did pay the tour company in the end.
I know your trip to Guilin was a fantastic one. The round up zest that you provided here will be a summarized information about the trip.
I know you still remember the memories of that trip. You enjoyed the trip fully and hence it was possible for you to remember each an every part of the trip.
you've really been soo busy
sadly my memory is really not that good :(
hehehe in fact i always lost my belongings because of that
sorry foong
have a great day buddy
oh my the only chance for me to win is the contest # 3
will definitely do a post about this very soon.
bangkok!!!!! damn so many places i gotta visit again once i am back home...
haha...posting about Guilin again? hehe..where's your next destination?
Should I come again spamming here for Contest#2? I want a souvenir from Bangkok!
I won Contest #4, haven't I? No one knows our Guilin itinerary better than me cause I designed it, haha!
I wonder what will be the prize for contest #4? Will it be another prize from Bangkok?
Having great time traveling with you in 2 occasions. Wish that we could travel together again in the future.
You stayed in 5-star hotel in Bangkok. It so not likes you when we stayed in guesthouses and inn during our time in Guilin and Cambodia.
Nice post. I also love to travel.
perhaps ill join the third one lol
Oh dear! Looks like this post will stay up for a long time to come.. **thinking to myself**
Wake me up when November ends...?
Question 1: Where did I and my travel partners stay on our 4th night in Guilin? Guilin Oasis Inn
Question 2: Where during my trip did I see live crabs being fried alive? Li River's Bank
Question 3: How many horses I saw during my Li River Cruise? 4 horse lah. No?
Question 4: On which day of my Guilin trip I met with an accident? Injured your toes on Day 6
Question 5: Did I and my travel partners pay the tour company in the end? Yeah yeah you guys paid in the end.
What do I win?
i missed FC! huhuhu...
I really envy you.
I wrote a post for Contest#3
SK, Congrats! You are First Commenter & winner of Contest #1! Will mail you the souvenir soon! : )
As for Contest #4, you got 4 out 5 questions correct! : )
happysurfer, thanks! Bangkok was great! Will blog about the trip soon! : )
lina, haha! I don't think I can afford to sponsor you for a trip to Bangkok! LOL!
khengsiong, Yes I went to Guilin last year! Yes, just came back from Bangkok. I will try my best to complete both Bangkok and Cambodia posts before end of 2011. Hahaha!
reanaclaire, now you know I am generous? : D
iamthewitch, yes I'm back and you must try to be FC in my future posts! : )
caroline, yes please join the contest!! : )
eric lee, so far I have never gone for a one month holiday! Haha
jam, yes you can participate, no problem.
You traveled with me and also planned the itinerary yet you still got one question answered wrongly? Haha!! Am afraid you are now tied with SK for Contest #4!
But you are the clear cut winner for Contest#2 as you left the most comments on this post!! Congrats!! Will mail you the souvenir from Bangkok soon! : )
vegas vip, thanks for reading! : )
impact, thanks for dropping by! : )
poorprince, my memory is not that good either, I always take notes whenever I travel so I refer back to my notes when I blog about my travels! : )
bluedreamer27, have you done it yet? Still no news from you! : )
fufu, you have already visited so many places!! : )
gabriel, I just came back from Bangkok! : )
jam, yes wish we can travel in future again!
I normally don't stay in 5-star hotels during my travels but this time I got to stay for free! Even the flight to Bangkok and back was free. Haha! : D
babymarketplace, you love to travel too? High five! : )
poorprince, yes please join!! : )
happysurfer, haha! No I will be posting my Bangkok and cambodia travels real soon! : )
Twilight, I am afraid you only got 4 out of 5 questions correct! That means you are tied with SK and my travel partner Jam!! No winner for this Contest #4!! Hmmm....
monica, Yeah you did! : )
supra shoes, no need to envy me, You can go travel too! : )
ghosty nana, guess what? You are the only person joining this contest!! So are you the winner? Not so fast! I am thinking of extending the deadline to allow more people to join. But if no one joins after the new deadline, you are definitely the winner! : )
Oh! How careless I can be! Here it goes again!
Answer for question 1 in contest #4 is Guilin Backstreet International Youth Hostel after we had come back from the rice terraces.
Answer for question 2 in contest #5 is of course at the banks of Li River, when we made a short stop coming back from visiting the Elephant Trunk Hill.
You spot 4 horses on Nine Painted Horses Hill.
That is on Day 6, when you injured your toes slipping into waters during our Yulong River rafting.
Yes, we did pay the tour company in the end.
Now I should get them all right!