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🌴【Guilin + Bohol Island Free Travel Guide】🌊 Pure practical tips with no pitfalls, follow along for a guaranteed great time! 🌿 Guilin Section (3-day Highlights) Day1️⃣ City Walking Mode 🐘 Elephant Trunk Hill (A must-check-in landmark of Guilin!) → 🍜 Zhengyang Road Pedestrian Street for snacks → 🏯 Xiaoyao Tower for ancient style photos → 🏰 Jingjiang Princes' City exploration → 🛍️ Dongxi Alley for shopping and eating (take a stroll along the Li River too~) → 🌙 Sun and Moon Twin Towers (magical when lit up at night!) Day2️⃣ Nature and Culture Collision 🗻 Longji Rice Terraces (layer upon layer like green silk) → 🖼️ Ten-Mile Gallery (cycling through a living painting!) → 🎭 Guilin Impression Show (280 RMB worth every penny! Includes haunted house, water flyers, super interactive fun~) → 🛶 Yulong River bamboo rafting (manually paddled, very atmospheric, every snap is wallpaper-worthy) → 🌸 Peach Blossom Spring (feels like stepping into a fairy tale) Day3️⃣ Deep Li River Tour 🏞️ Li River (must check in with the 20 RMB note background!) → 🏘️ Xingping Ancient Town (old houses hiding stories) → 💎 Silver Cave (stalactites sparkle like diamonds under the lights) → 🌃 Yangshuo West Street (night stroll, eat, and shoot, snacks so good you can't stop~) 🍜 Guilin Food List (A must-save for foodies!) 🔥 Chen Shanshui Guilin Hotpot (locals' secret! The sour soup base is amazing) ✅ Sitang Water Chestnut Hotpot, specialty stir-fried Guilin rice noodles, bamboo tube milk tea ✅ Guilin's Four Treasures: stuffed snails, stuffed chili peppers, stuffed shiitake mushrooms, egg dumplings Also 👉 Guilin rice noodles🍜, oil tea🥣, beer fish🐟, stir-fried Li River shrimp🦐, Lipu braised pork🥩… each dish makes you want to eat three bowls! 🏡 Where to Stay? 📍 Guilin City: Dongxi Alley / Guilin Station (convenient for shopping and eating) 📍 Yangshuo: Yangshuo West Street (vibrant nightlife) 📍 Longji Rice Terraces: Ping'an Village / Jinkeng Village (open the window to see the terraces!) 🚗 Transportation Tips ✈️ Airport: Liangjiang Airport → city center, very convenient by shuttle bus 🚄 High-speed Rail: Guilin Station is close to the city with many trains; North Station is a bit farther but still convenient 💡 Guilin Tips 1. To see the sunrise at Xianggong Mountain, get up early! The trip is a bit long but worth it🌅 2. Choose four-star or three-star boats for Li River cruises, the views are fantastic~ 🏝️ Bohol Island Section (7-day Healing Trip) Day1️⃣ Head to the Blue Tears ✈️ Shanghai → Manila → Panglao Island → 🏨 Stay at Mithi Resort (with a private heart-shaped beach + cliff pool!) → 🏊🏻‍♀️ Hotel snorkeling → 🍴 Wonder Land Thai cuisine (so good we ordered extra!) Day2️⃣ Relax Mode On ☀️ Wake up naturally + pool time → Move to Molly Resort → 🍕 Vanilla Sky lunch (pizza and milkshake are amazing) → 🌴 Alona Beach massage → 🍖 Korean BBQ buffet (60 RMB per person for unlimited beef freedom!) Day3️⃣ Island Adventure 🐬 Early dolphin watching + Balicasag Island snorkeling → 🌊 Napaling free diving (15 meters deep to see coral and sardines!) → 🍢 Rockys Lounge roadside BBQ (down-to-earth and cheap~) Day4️⃣ Land Fun 🚐 Private car tour: Chocolate Hills (like scattered cocoa beans🍫) → 👀 Tarsier (tiny and adorable!) → ⛪ Baclayon Church → 🌅 Dumaluan Beach sunset → 🍜 Ubeco Korean food (super friendly Korean owner~) Day5️⃣ Island Hopping to Siquijor 🚢 Tagbilaran Port → Siquijor Island → 🏨 Fig Sunset View Resort (sunset is stunning!) Day6️⃣ Siquijor Island Loop ⛪ Lazi Church → 🌊 Cambugahay Falls (forest lake jumping is awesome!) → 🏖️ Salagdoong Beach (10-meter diving platform for the brave!) → 🌇 Paliton Beach sunset swing (full of atmosphere~) Day7️⃣ Time to Go Home 🛳️ Siquijor → Tagbilaran → city shopping and eating → ✈️ Home~ 🌊 Bohol Island Little Surprises • The sea is so blue it looks filtered, straight from the phone with no editing and still stunning! • Green plants and flowers everywhere, sea breeze pushing clouds along, so healing~ • Food is on the sweeter side but very distinctive, lots of Korean restaurants😋 Quickly save this guide, bring your good mood and set off!💃 Whether it's Guilin's picturesque mountains and rivers or Bohol Island's blue seas and skies, you'll have so much fun you won't want to leave~ 🌿✨
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