Blogs from Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 17

Yangshuo at last! All through my first year in China I had planned to go but never seemed to have the time. Yangshuo is near the city of Guilin in the Guangxi province. I had a one day holiday for the New Year so I moved my days off around to create a five day weekend. Kim also asked for some time off and our Chinese friend Michelle made plans to come with us. So, on Friday (New Year’s Eve) we all met at the train station at Luo Hu to wait for our train. Kim and I met first but Michelle was running late. She had caught the wrong bus and was trying to figure out the quickest way to get to the station. In her panic she called her mother for advice and, unbeknownst ... read more

WOW !!! Je n’ai pas d’autres mots pour expliquer ma sensation lorsque je suis arrivé à Yangshuo, c’est un endroit magique. Les panoramas sont tellements différents de ce que j’ai vus auparavant lors de mes voyages précédents. Lors de notre arrivée à Yangshuo, nous avons choisi de demeurer à une auberge qui se nomme Showbiz Inn & Roof top bar, vraiment cool comme place... la terrasse au 6e étage est incroyable, elle surpasse tous les autres batîments dans la ville et offre probablement la meilleure vue dans la toute la ville. Durant une de nos soirées, nous avons même eu la chance d’avoir un show de feux d’artifices... comme ça fait longtemps que nous en avions vus, ils ont duré environ 45 minutes. Bon, comment vous décrire notre expérience à Yangshuo... bien, premièrement, c’est une ville ... read more

We head out for the park and this is where Man Hill(Xilang Shan) is, said to resemble a young man bowing and scraping to a shy young girl represented by Lady Hill(xiaogu shan). Other hills nearby are named after animals like Crab Hill, Swan Hill, Dragon Head Hill. In the actual park were lots of elderly men playin card games and also a board game translated to 'Go' I think, all looked confusing but they seemed to be having a barrel of laughs!! Also in the park were multiple exercising benchs and bars and all sorts of cool things, quite common to see 75 year old men and women on manual treadmills and doing pull ups and things. Naturally i had to try everything!! Later on we just had a stroll around town and found some ... read more

Under the weather today, me more so. Laura went for some noodles for me, and she had corn on the cob, pretty much did nothing until night time. We head out for food and had pizza and burger and chips. Best part of the day was Laura running away from a spider the size of her head that was in the restaurant, so funny!!... read more

Tiny is an 18 month year old Rough Collie and the most over anxious dog I have ever seen. Understandable that given when he was a puppy he broke both of his front legs... Tiny is also a Communist. I know this because when returning to the hostel reception wearing my newly purchased "fine quality" China Red Star Communist T-shirt from the market, the friendly but bonkers girl behind the desk, who appeared to have learnt all her English from cartoon characters such was her child like excitable disposition, exclaimed "MATT, why you dress like a dog... TINY have also this fine T-shirt!" And so, as you can see, I now share a bond now with this lefty dog although I am hoping that Tiny merely leans towards Socialism rather than being a crazy, genocidal Stalinist. ... read more