Journey to Guilin, Yangshuo and Xingping
May 5th 2015 It is a little before midnight as I look up from my book and decide it is time to call it a day. Walking to the window, I gaze up at silhouetted cliffs surrounding us. The air is filled with the sound of frogs and crickets; a smoky aroma wafts across the street from a brick hut somewhere down the road.
This is the first time during our eight months in China that I have felt isolated from the ne
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Tara Cloud
A treasure hunt
Having found serene, uncrowded Xingping, a bit by accident as I remember from your last blog, I wonder if you'll be on the lookout for more of these frog-and cricket-serenaded parts of crowded China. I guess you'll have to be quick though since shockingly, even this seemingly untouched spot has been invaded by tour groups marching through. Still, how lovely that you enjoyed its peace.