Blogs from Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 12

Le matin arrivant je vais faire mes adieux a mon aubergiste, qui m'informe que ma chinoise chaude bouillante pour le stop hier au soir vient de se decommander...bah bravo =p Pas grave je commence a marcher avec un petit air matinal qui me chatouille les poils de mollet, et tends mon pouce sur les rares voitures qui passent. Un minivan cossu fait une halte, il charrie une cargaison bicouple de hollandais avec qui je depoussiere mon allemand le temps de me faire pousser jusqu'a Sijiang. Arrive sur place je prends une decision d'importance : comme je ne desespere pas d'honorer mon premier cours d'anglais a Yangshuo je vais prendre le bus pour y arriver plus vite. En fait perdu, je n'y suis pas avant 17h30, et je pense que c'est trop tard pour le cours, sans ... read more

After an amazing time in Longsheng, we were headed off to Yangshuo which is one of the most popular tourists sports in all of China. Now that is saying something given how big and how much stuff there is to see in China. After a long bus ride from Longsheng, we arrived into Yangshuo and were greeted by a traffic jam that seemed like it went on forever and sidewalks that looked like Times Square during rush hour. Although it was packed, it definitely had a good vibe going on. We checked into our hostel and met the owner Larry who turned out to be a pretty sketchy because the whole time we stayed there, all he would do was wander into our rooms and try and book trip/activities for us while we were in Yangshuo. ... read more

Wednesday, October 6 Days like today are the reason we travel. It was pretty close to a perfect day. John and I plus three friends from the school, AJ, Jen and Ken, headed for the ancient village of Shitoucheng. First we caught the bus from Yang Shuo to Putao. It was very easy since both Jen and AJ speak Chinese. We were let off right at the main intersection so were pretty easily able to find the right road to Shitoucheng. Within a minute, a mototaxi drove up. It is a motorcycle built into a small pick-up. Jen and AJ negotiated a reasonable deal (Y35) so we climbed in. Good thing because it was really too far to walk. So the five of us rode about six miles up a concrete paved road. When we reached ... read more

I was up early, but hit the snooze button a few times, not quite motivated to rise just yet. My roommate got up and left and then I willed myself out of bed. I went downstairs to get information about my cave tour in the afternoon before setting out. I wanted a western breakfast. I tried to recall where the Flying Dutchman was, since last time I was here I ate there all the time with everyone from CTLC. I found another little place next to a creek. My breakfast included Yunnan coffee, fresh fruit, yogurt, muesli, and mountain scenes. I also had a nice view of a McD in front of the mountain. Almost perfect. I wandered through Yangshuo's back streets--the non-tourist area--where the locals live and got a few good photos of real China. ... read more

I left Guilin early in the morning to get on the bamboo river boat ride. It was really a boat made of pvc pipe. I when I got on I felt sort of riped off, but I actually saw a real bamboo boat and decided there was no way that would make it down the river and thought it was best they changed things for the better. The trip was a 30min bus ride to the river, 3hrs on the boat, 30min on a golf cart to another bus which took about an hour to get to Yangshou. Yangshou was rather touristy, but it was tourist in a good way. I probably could have spent a couple weeks there. The surrounding area was amazing and you could do anything that you wanted. First I walked around ... read more