Hello, my name is Oleg, Yekaterinburg. Rest spent this year in China, with the help of the travel agency Alfa Travel. Special thanks, I want to say to the Alfa Travel employees who called me even after my vacation, I did not expect such care! And so about China... I especially remember the town of Shilin. For those who are especially interested, I describe in this review how to get there. Shilin should be driven from Kunming, which is the capital of Yunnan Province. And so, the forecourt of Kunming will definitely come up to you and offer to leave for Shilin. This is where the main problem begins: avoid Chinese organized groups! In order not to drive three hours on a secondary road with visits to stupid temples along the way, instead of rushing along the freeway in an hour and a half. Unfortunately, this is not easy to do! Even I, an advanced traveler, could not fight off annoying tourist groups. But, I can try to give a tip: normal regular buses leave the parking lot directly to the left of the station, while the tour group bus was somewhere in the back of the block. It is elementary to leave Shilin back, no one will invite you anywhere. The bus costs a little over 20 yuan. Shilin means "Stone Forest". The name is completely true. Scattered over a fairly large area are low, pointed rocks protruding upwards like giant knives. These rocks were formed under the influence of wind and time, and they were once the bottom of the sea. I can't say that Shilin was the most interesting or beautiful place I've been in China, but one of the most unusual - without a doubt. These rocks are sometimes poked very close, so close that you can barely crawl between them, and sometimes far enough, and the space between them is sown with emerald grass. In general, Shilin is quite a tourist place, and at the very beginning of the forest crowds of people really walk, but the most relish of Shilin lies in the ability to get away from people somewhere in the depths and either wander between the rocks, or contemplate their reflections in small ponds, or climb some of them, admiring the view. Some rocks have beautiful poetic names, while some of them amaze the imagination with their unusualness. Sometimes views are so unearthly that it is impossible to believe in the natural way of creating such forms. Here you can wander as long as you like, and you will never be bored, you will never find the same rocks. I am very glad that I visited such an amazing place, and I advise everyone to do the same.
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