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YANGSHUO: Silver Cave

Silver Cave (銀子岩) is one of several limestone caves you can visit in the region. It’s a bit further than some that are right in Guilin, but it is quite spectacular.

You have to follow a guide in, who activates coloured lights at each stop so you can see the amazing stalactites and stalagmites [...]

GUILIN: Cruising down the river

Guilin (桂林), which literally translates to “forest of osmanthus flowers,” is famous for its karst terrain where jagged limestone cliffs rise dramatically above shimmering emerald rivers.

Guilin is featured on China’s 20 yuan note — and was used as the planet Kashyyyk in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I didn’t see any [...]