-- From Linli to Guilin and Yangshuo

The 28/08 we arrived about midday in Zhangjiajie where Yang, our guide, was informed near an agency of the visits to be made. We lunched on the spot. Then we moved towards the Natural Reserve of Wulingyuan.

The road tracklog 
from Linli to Quanzhou 
from the 28/08/2006 to the 01/09/2006 

The afternoon of the 28/08 was devoted to the visit of the Caves of the Yellow Dragon during approximately two hours including a circuit by boat on the underground river. The day of the 29/08 was occupied by a long walk in the natural reserve of Wulingyuan which gathers more than 240 tops surrounded by more than 3.000 karstic formations. The spectacle was fairy-like under different daylight.

Caves of the Yellow Dragon 
Wulingyuan 
28/08/2006 

Natural Reserve 
Wulingyuan 
29/08/2006 

The morning of the 30/08 was devoted in what relates to me with domestic tasks, my companions having took rooms at the hotel wished to profit from it until midday! We tardily took the road about 13:00 to arrive at the night fallen in Changsha. Yang was powerful with the help of Roland to find a carpark of hotel towards 19:30. It is equipped with a mini park where we could take our meals and to put back us in the shade of the trees by a temperature of 39°C and a moisture of 72% only.

The provincial museum of Hunan has one of the wonders of China the “Banner of Mawangdui” raw part of silk in form of T painted of pictures representing Chinese cosmogony. It covered the coffin of the wife of the marquis de Dai, time Han (206BC, 8AD). The other rooms of the museum exhibit objects back to the various times of China.

Xin Zhui, wife of the marquis de Dai 
Changsha 
31/08/2006 

Figurine 
Changsha 
31/08/2006 

The morning of the 01/09, we left to Guilin which we reached after a bivouac in Quanzhou on the carpark of the hotel mentioned by JC Griffoin. The first site being surrounded of buildings restoring the heat of the day, we moved the vehicles in edge of the street to have more air.

1st bivouac 
Quanzhou 
01/09/2006 

2nd bivouac 
Quanzhou 
01/09/2006 

The road tracklog 
from Quanzhou to Yangshuo 
from the 01/09/2006 to the 03/09/2006 

The 02/09 we left Quanzhou to Gulin on the way we filled the tank with diesel. The Sinopec service stations rationed the quantity with 200 CNY per vehicle at 4.70 CNY a liter. On the other hand the Petrochina service stations did not ration the quantity but sold the diesel at 5.30 CNY a liter!
After driving into the town of Guilin looking after a carpark for the bivouac, we chose the carpark of CITS. Towards 17:00 Michel and me went to visit Prince City Solitary Beauty Peak. From the top at 152 meters we discovered the city enchased in the karstic mountains and crossed by the river Li.

Fubo Shan 
Guilin 
02/09/2006 

The 03/09 we took again the road to go to Yangshuo to 65 kilometres from Guilin. The city is very tourist, it offers pretty ballades by bicycle along the river Li. The 04/09, I went for a long walk by bike in the countryside of Yangshuo. I had already visited Guilin and this city at the time of my journey in 1988.

Karstic reliefs at the edge of the river Li 
Yangshuo 
03/09/2006 

The following week was occupied by the way towards Chongqing with the visit of the minorities in Kaili.