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Today is our last day in China. We catch a sleeper train this afternoon bound for Vietnam. While there has been some really enjoyable parts of China. It has been our least favourite and has many times been a struggle. So we are really excited to be heading to Vietnam. The rest of our stay has been in Guilin. As they have had there may labour day holidays we struggled to get accommodation initially. We stayed near the train station on our first night to get to the station early to purchase our tickets. After this time succeeding we decided to move into the centre of town at a hostel near the mall. We really wanted to make a day trip to Longsheng to see the rice terraces but it has rained the whole time while we have been here (the umbrella pad gave me has really come in handy). So we have mainly just hung around town, looked at the shops walked around the river etc. We did however, take in another show! This one was held in a theatre a block away from where we are staying. This one was also spectacular. This one was a more cultural story about how the rice terraces came to be. It was a dance, music and acrobatic performance and was just amazing. The money we spent on these show was well worth it. And so cheap, if you went to one of these type performances in Australia they would cost hundreds of $. We spent about $20aud on each. So its good bye to China. We have about one month left to go.