Blogs from Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 48

hoi iedereen, Alles is hier tip top. We zijn nu op ons tweetjes maar zijn in een superleuk pensionnetje terecht gekomen. Ongelooflijk hoe weinig een overnachting hier kost. We betalen 10 euro per nacht en hebben een prive badkamer die trouwens volledig nieuw is, airconditioning, een tv, een balkonnetje, en zelfs een dvd speler en je kan gratis aan de receptie dvd s huren dus superdeluxe. Het zit hier vol buitenlanders en hebben al een leuk Nederlands koppel leren kennen waarmee we samen een bootocht hebben gedaan langs het ongelooflijke mooie landschap hier (karstgebergte). Zij zitten al een maand rond te trekken in China en ze hebben al veel goede tips gekregen dus we zijn weeral eens goed voortgeholpen ;-) Vandaag hebben we een fiets gehuurd en het 'echte' China op het platteland rondgefietst tussen de ... read more

Hello people, Today I got up about 1030 and had a shower and went down and had some breakfast and then went on the Internet. Then I realised the time and John had not appeared so I went and woke him up as we had 15 minutes until we had to check out. We then packed up our stuff and went to find some food for John, this done, we then started to find our way to the bus to Yangshuo. On the way John noticed a shop which sold converse (or converse style) shoes but the girl painted any number of literally 100s of designs on the shoes. She was really talented as the ones on display were really good. So we mulled over the various options looking at about 4 or 5 folders full ... read more

Let's see if these pics work... I hope everyone can see them...took forever to work out how to resize in chinese hahaha :) See - we ARE still alive and well!!! S xxx... read more

Hi all, Finally have arrived in a place really set up for tourists. This is seriously the Noosa of China. The area has approx 2000 of these seriously beautiful and wierd small mountains called karsts that are made from limestone but not eroded like the surrounding land. Lots of farming in between them. LOTS of good cafes and a gorgeous hotel room with balcony. This morning went to the local markets and could have bought fresh killed dog or cat or a nicley dried rat if we had wanted. Yesterday we did a cycling tour and had lunch at a local house which was great - good to do some exercise at last after all that personal training preparation which it seemed we did not need after all. Lastnight went to a light show on the ... read more

Day 4 -Leaving HK and Sleeper Train to Guilin So our tour started for real on the morning of Day 4. Our group is fantastic. Our leader is Jerry (yes that's his "Aussie" name) and he's a local and just the funniest guy. He loves having us teach him slang to use. There are 9 of us in the group. Kate, Dean and I (Kate and I are referred to as wife #1 and #2 seeing as up until recently the chinese men could have many wives). Then there is two couples probably similarly aged to Dean & I - an English couple 4 months in to their 1 year honeymoon travelling around thw world (wow!), an Aussie couple from Northern NSW, another young pommy guy who is also travelling the world, and an older retired ... read more