A hiking tour to Liang Jiang

Last Sunday I went with a group of local Guilinese out to the countryside. Our first destination was the village of Liang Jiang from where we hiked towards the ancient fortification system in Zhu Cun.  The village was a colorful mix of buildins from many different dynasties and sadly many houses were not inhabited anymore.

In the middle of the village was a small mountain containing a cave (called “Lion Cave”) which was used in ancient times as innermost defence against enemies. A local farmer was kind enough to show (and clear) the way to the cave entrance and lead us through the cave itself. On some parts it was a bit dangerous as the ground was slippery and there were pretty deep holes in the floor, but the group took good care of each other, so we passed through safely.

After this small adventure we took the bus to the water reservoir to have a good swim and escape the blazing heat.  Before beeing able to jump in the water we had to climb the wall of the reservoir which was, by my standard at least, pretty steep (as can be seen on the photo on the right). We spend about 2 hours paddling in the water, eating water melon and enjoying the day before taking the bus back home to Guilin. It was, by all means, a very successful day.