1. Preferred airline : Singapore Airlines
2. Duration : 1 April 2017 to 7 April 2017. The date also coincided with the Qing Ming festival 清明节。
3. Chartered coach : 32 seats coach ( exclusive) with one tour guide and a driver. A special request was to provide a stool for the seniors to alight and aboard the coach with ease
4. No pre- arranged shopping trip to be made by the tour guide
5. Two days stay in Dong Guan - Shi Long (东莞 - 石龙)to pay respect to ancestors.
6. Five days tour at Gui Lin (贵林)。 Travel from Guang Zhou (广州)to Gui Lin(贵林)by High Speed Rail (HSR) , 高速快鐡.
The whole trip went according to our plan and everyone was enjoying. More importantly the seven days trip really gave the family members good bonding and understand each other better.
1 April 2017 (Saturday) Day 1
Richard Lim the boss of Richard Travel met us 6.30 am at Changi airport T1. Richard had done the online check-in for us 2 days before departure. He distributed the boarding passes to us and also assisted us with the self check-in luggage machine. We took the 0820 SQ 850 flight to Guangzhou. We arrived Guangzhou at 1220. A local tour guide, Mr Steven met us at Guangzhou airport and we stopped for lunch before we headed for Dong Guan 东莞- Shi Long 石龙 and check-in to Gladden Hotel 石龙名冠金凯悦大酒店.
My boarding pass
SG Changi airport
SQ 850 took off
at Changi airport
About to land at
Guangzhou airport
Landed at
Guangzhou airport
Group photo at arrival
Food outlet at
Guangzhou airport
Loading of luggage
Stool for the Seniors
that made it easy to
board and alight
Guangzhou airport
Village visiting in 2006
Photo taken 11 years ago
(2006)
Last visit to the
village 11 years ago
First stop for lunch
Arrived at Shi Long
Gladden Hotel
Hotel lobby
Hotel drop off point
Buildings opposite
Gladden hotel
View from hotel room
Restaurant for first dinner
2 April 2017 (Sunday) Day 2
Breakfast was at the Gladden Hotel. We met the Chow family relatives at Shi Long village and thereafter proceeded to the cemetery paying respect to the Chow ancestors. The Chow family played host inviting the relatives for lunch before returning to Guangzhou for dinner.
Shop houses at Shi Long
Shi Long relative's
house
Photo taken in 2006
House 22 praying to ancestor
Photo taken in 2006
A dilapidated house
Marching to cemetery
Chow family
ancestor's cemetery
Photo taken in 2006
Paying respect
to the ancestors
Video of paying respect to the ancestor by Frankie
Lunch at Shi Long
Good bye to
the relatives
Our dim sum dinner
at Guangzhou
点心晚餐在广州
View from hotel
room at night
Dessert after dinner
Dessert store near hotel
Landmark Canton
3 April 2017 (Monday) Day 3
Woke up early in the morning and proceeded to the Guangzhou high speed train station for the 0830 high speed train to Guilin 贵林. Another tour guide, Ada met us at the Guilin train station. We first toured around the Guilin city before stopping for lunch at a local Chinese Restaurant. We visited the Elephant Trunk Hill after lunch.
Video of Gulin 2017 by Frankie
HSR station at
Guangzhou
Selfie
Arrived at Guilin
Bei station
Guilin Bei train station
Guilin Bei train station
concourse
Guilin city
贵林市
1st lunch at Guilin
Entrance to Elephant
Trunk Hill
Elephant trunk hill
Elephant Trunk hill
象鼻山
Our meeting point
after shopping at
Zheng Yang Lu
正阳路
Zheng Yang Lu
shopping street
Zheng Yang
pedestrian street
正阳步行街
New Balance look a like
Lawrence enjoying oyster
Doris having a fruit
juice and snack
Four Scholars from Guilin
during Qing Dynasty
清代贵林四大状元
Dinner before checking
in to Guilin Vienna hotel
Guilin Vienna hotel
4 April 2017 (Tuesday) Day 4
Guilin Li River Cruise.
The Li river cruise from Gui Lin to Yang Shuo 杨朔 is the center piece of any trip to the north eastern Guang Xi province 广西省. Gorgeous along the river gave the tourists surprises at each bend. There was a saying that Gui Lin has the best scenery in the universe, 贵林山水甲天下。We enjoyed the Liu Sanjie 刘三姐 performance after early dinner. The show started at 7.45 pm. The auditorium was housed on the natural islands of the river with the audience seating on the designed terraces surrounded by green plants. This was really a new concept opera using nature as an integral part of its performers.
Video of Li Cruise 3 by Frankie
Boat ride ticketing office
"Assistant tour guide"took
over while tour guide went
to ticketing office
Guilin Li River Cruise
贵林漓江游
Boat cabin
Abang / Adek
Selfie
At the roof deck
Tourists busy
taking photos
Beautiful natural scenery
Jacqueline sketched for
the American couple
Lunch at the cruise
Arrived at
Yang Shuo
杨朔
Yang Shuo
shopping street
Coffee break
Hotel at Yang Shuo
Yang Shuo hotel
Out side Yang
Shuo hotel
Yang Shuo hotel
centre court yard
Hotel lobby
Dinner before Liu
San Jie show
Entrance to the Liu San
Jie show auditorium
Liu San Jie auditorium
5 April 2017 (Wednesday) Day 5
We visited the Guilin Shiwai Taoyuan 贵林-世外桃园 after buffet breakfast at the hotel. We took an electric motor boat ride at the lake and understood a little bit more of the life style of the minority groups. We also visited the Longsheng minority group village after lunch.
Boat ride with other
group at the back
Minority group
The Tong 侗族
Happy family
The cleanest toilet
same standard as
airport toilet
Lunch venue
Longsheng
Minority village
Longsheng minority
group senior citizen
activity centre
6 April 2017 (Thursday) Day 6
Visited the ancient lanes of Guilin. After lunch, we said good bye to Gulin and took the high speed train back to Guangzhou. At Guangzhou we went for Pearl River 珠江 night cruise after dinner.
A primary school
Guilin old buildings
Ms Ada our lady guide
in Guilin
Lunch before
train station
Return train ticket
2nd class
sleeping cabin
Corridor outside
cabin
Back to Guangzhou
train station
Dinner at Guangzhou
Pearl river
night cruise
珠江夜游
Pearl river cruise ticket
Iconic small
waist building
小蛮腰
Unique wash hand
basin design
Guangzhou city
Guangzhou airport
Boarding gate 110
Taxi way
Taking off
Before landing
Landed at Changi
International airport