We got up early and left Yangshuo Outside Inn for Longi Rice Terraces at 7:30 am, sharing a car with a young Swiss couple to save expenses for all. It took 3 hours to get there. Even though the rice had already been harvested, it's an impressive piece of Chinese scenery. Fairly crowded. The worst behaving tourists were the Koreans. Jeeesh, are they loud and pushy.

Got to airport at Guilin for Air China flight to Shanghai which left an hour late. By the time we got into our room at Le Royal Meridien it was after midnight. Upon check in, I asked about getting an upgrade to the executive floor. I was already paying $60 plus 4000 SPG points per night. They offered eiter and addition 4500 SPG points a night or RMB 750 plus tax. I went fore the points-I have over 400K banked so I might as well use them. After the rural, rustic Outside Inn, luxury is very nice.

Observation: this is something the guys may not know about, the behaviour of Chinese women in bathrooms. They pick a stall and line up at the door. If someone comes out of another stall, they will not move into it. They wait for the one they are lined up in front and leave one empty. Which works out well for mee as I'm happy to use it and jump the line. They also will not use the one stall that has a western toilet.