Elephant Hill

Guilin is known for its rivers, hills and caves. The most famous hill is Elephant Hill located in the heart of Guilin. Looking at the picture, you can see the elephant drinking the water through its trunk. Given the long descriptive names everything in China has, I bet it used to be named, "Big Elephant with Long Trunk Drinking Water from the Peaceful Li River."

Dan, Chuck and I climbed to the circular hole in the hill to get a better view. Chuck used to be an Eagle Scout so he climbed and hiked over everything. Although Chuck said that he does it all the time, I think he was just trying to impress Dan.

If you would like, I would be willing to sell this photo to you guys for your engagement picture in the New York Times. Don't they make a cute couple?