Cycling route from Guilin to Guiyang: Paris – Canton – Guilin – Yangshuo – Xingping – Ping’an – Chengyang – Zhaoxing – Congjiang – Jiabang – Rongjiang – Xijiang – Guiyang – Canton – Paris
Dear Serge.
While tidying up my China file, I realize that I didn’t send you an email upon my return.
Belatedly…I’m sending you the group’s satisfaction with the organization of this trip.
Itinerary, hotels, everything was good.
The guide was very helpful and knowledgeable.
The hotels on this trip were exceptional! Four- and five-star hotels, with hostels interspersed throughout, showed us the depths of China.
We had three holidays: the Li River, going by boat and returning by bike; the Minorities, we were able to meet the MIAO, DONG, ZUHANG ethnic groups with still women’s costumes; and the last part, sporty, unfortunately truncated by two days by the rain.
We discovered a smiling people who find their balance in the production and sale of vegetables, meats, and everything necessary for life at the markets. The extremely low prices of all these products, balanced with the income, allow them to live… just like they did 100 years ago!
We didn’t encounter any beggars, no homeless people…but so many young children! Two billion people are coming soon! To house them, every village is under construction: it’s a huge construction site that we crossed!
As for our little group, it continues to live its life: exploring the world…we are not ready to finish it!
See you soon,
Simon