Pingxiang

Pingxiang
Originally uploaded by bastchild.

This was a pretty town surrounded by karsts, but it was just a stopping point for me to get to somewhere else. You can take a train or a bus to Nanning (there are no buses to Guilin), the capital of the province. The train costs 30 RMB and the bus costs either 30 or 50 RMB depending on the class. The train leaves in the afternoon, but the buses leave every 30 minutes or so. I took a bus (50 RMB) to Nanning (5 hours) which crossed over dirt roads (they're constructing a highway, but it's not complete). If it is raining, it takes much longer.
Instead of seeing thatched huts on the country roads, the homes are made of brick. I guess that's different from SE Asia.