Dear Snooie,
Greetings from TopChinaTravel! Thanks for contacting us. :-)
If you wanna take a tour to Guilin, you can consider a 3-6days for a city visiting or plus tour to Yangshuo and Longsheng according to your own schedual.
We offer several packed Guilin Tours for your reference, which covers the most popular attractions and activities of the city.
But if you intend to stay in
Guilin (not for short time tour) and experience the local custom for a certain time, I think you can try to apply for a job like a foreign language teacher (English the best) according to your personal situation. The consumption level of Guilin is not too high and if you can do as the local folks do, US$7-$10 a day will be enough, well, just for daily diet and public transfer, exclude room rent and other high consumption items.
Any further request or question, please feel free to contact with us.
Kind regards,
Zoe