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Thread: Which is best for cruise to Yangshuo: small or large boat?
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[quote=APAULT,341508]The big boats are fine and not too crowded and I agree u get a good view from the upper deck. The commentary is not very useful: it tells you this mountain is on the 20 rmb note, and this is the pregnant woman mountain, but if you want to know real history or anything about the geormorphology, you will be disappointed. I took an inclusive tour which included the bus from the hotels in town and back to Guilin. If you catch it at the first hotel you have a boring hour ahead of you as you visit the city hotels. Then when you are just outside the city you pull into a souvenier complex for 45 minutes. If you plan to return to Guilin you get a couple of hours in Yangshou before you return to Guilin. NOTE: you cannot take the big boat back upstream, they cannot handle the current and low water levels fully laden There are small speedboats with a good reputation from travel agents and hotels/hostels. The price is quite good if u can get a full group together.: but you have to do it, they don't. . I consider this is a better option as the big boat trip is long and after a while you have seen as many karst features as you can take in. The speedboat can cover just part of the trip and then take you back. The $$ conscious traveller can catch a train north or south of Guilin and see plenty of karst, but not the river. Otherwise you can catch a bus to various loations on the river and follow Jabs' advice and take a leisurely raft along a shorter section, or on a tributary. There are a couple of interesting and relatively unspoilt villages you can visit, too.[/quote]
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