Blogs from Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 5

Day two arrived with a rather disrupted sleep patern including waking up at 4 in the morning despite having gone to bed at gone midnight. The day began with filling in some forms for the Buckland office followed by opening a bank account. I was told that I had been assigned a school (Lucheng No. Middle School in Shaanxi Province which is very far north) and they wanted me there asap. As such this means that I will be leaving Yangshuo on Wednesday without much chance of being able to explore the city's natural beauty. There was little chance to do much today due to the constant rain and tomorrow I have a full medical check and then a very quick introduction to the school I'm going to. Once I know a bit more about the ... read more

After arriving at Guilin airport at 22:15 I was met by a cheerful member of the Buckland team who proceeded to take my luggage and led me to a small people carrier. After a rather long journey through Guilin city and then onto the high way I arrived safe and absolutely knackered at the hostel where I am to stay for at least the next week. The hostel appeared closed for the night which is not unlikely considering it was 01:00 in the morning by this point. The poor owner had most likely ben dragged from his bed to lead me to my room and explain the various facilities. The room it’s self is very nice and consists of an en-suite bathroom in the Chinese style (read shower room and toilet in one). Having been told ... read more

So after another nerve dangling, painful and awful bus journey we arrived in Yangshuo from Guilin. Very touristy here for China but the scenery around is quite spectacular when the haze that surrounds the mountains lifts for a few minutes. We spent Monday and Tuesday getting our bearings, spoiling ourselves with english breakfasts, beer and foot massages , oh and haggling for tat at the stalls.However, Jina is very very good at it! Today it was time to take the bamboo (plastic water pipe) boat down the Li River for a scenic tour. After a truly traditional chinese breakfast (of 2 bacon, 2 eggs, mushrooms, beans and tomatos) we headed down to the river to find a boat. Didnt take more than 10 seconds to find the touts and their brochures-First tout wanted 200 yuan for ... read more

Day 19 After 15 hours on our least comfortable sleeper train yet, but still feeling reltatively refreshed, we arrived in Guilin and took a two hour bus ride to Yangshou. Yesterday was National day, the start of a week long public holiday where, apparantly, 300 million Chinese take to the road for their holiday. It was therefore no surprise to arrive to jam packed traffic. We had an orientation walk around the very busy, but pretty town centre, which was full of small market shops and surrounded by beautiful tree-covered limestone mountains. We had a relaxed afternoon and evening where we sampled the local beerfish--a local fresh water fish marinated in a beer and chilli sauce. Delicious! In the evening we chilled out with a few quiet happy hour drinks. Day 20 Today we had a ... read more

rano po ranajkach v oblubenej restike som sa vydal na pesiu turu na sever popri rieke.Cielom bola dalsia keska,ktoru som nenasiel.Ale prechadzka to bola pekna.Dalej som sa vydal na poslednu cinsku kesku.Po prichode na miesto,k lotus peek,zistuje,ze moja obuv neni vhodna na lezenie.Dnes teda nula bodov,hadam,sa mi vo vietname bude darit viac. Po mensom obcerstveny beriem bike a idem k moon hill.V plane ho mam zdolat.Zistujem,ze som zabudol vodu.Vstup je 15rmb,neni to moc velke stupanie.Bicykel odstavujem v areali,hadam ho nikto necmajzne.Dole kupujem od predavacky vodu,odchytila ma uz po ceste,ked ma predbiehala na ebiku, Hore prichadzam uplne morky,neviem ci od potu alebo od dazda co sa zas spustil.krasny vyhlad,len skoda,ze neni slnecno.Na skale je par lezcov.Zostupujem dole a smer domov,este sa vydavam na cestu co vcera,ze behnem kuknut dalsiu dedinu,ale boli ma zadok tak to tocim ... read more