Jun 17, 2008 - Yangshuo

Another early rise for a well earned english breakfast! It has been raining through the night and although quite light this morning it has become worse. Yangshuo is a small place - the town can easily be covered on foot. ... There is an electric minibus network consisting 5 routes covering most parts of town.Another early rise for a well earned english breakfast! It has been raining through the night and although quite light this morning it has become worse. Yangshuo is a small place - the town can easily be covered on foot. ... There is an electric minibus network consisting 5 routes covering most parts of town....

Jun 17, 2008 - Yangshuo - Day Two & Chaolong

Hey guys! What an awesome day today! Started off as a slow day, we had a bit of a lie in (well, Scott wouldn't call it a lie in as I was up by 9am and Scott got home at 2am!), and then off to have something to eat. There have been the worst floods in 50 years in southern China recently, and Yangshuo was only flooded days ago. ... Our cooking teacher said that one more day of rain and Yangshuo will flood again! But, we are all safe and there is no problems at all. ...

Jun 16, 2008 - Yangshuo

Today we got up early so Scott could go rock climbing.Today we got up early so Scott could go rock climbing....

Jun 15, 2008 - En route to Guilin & Yangshuo

An early rise, and we were off to the airport for our 9:50 plane to Guilin. Our bus was waiting to take us to our hotel in Yangshuo - about 2 hours away. ... Many people come to Yangshuo for a day or so, but end up staying much longer. ... It is a nice little town for relaxing, but very commercialised - you have no trouble finding western food, or an English menu anywhere, and to be honest, you don't feel like you are truly in China while you are here.An early rise, and we were off to the airport for our 9:50 plane to Guilin. Our bus was waiting to take us to our hotel in Yangshuo - about 2 hours away. ... Many people come to Yangshuo for a day or so, but end up staying much longer. ... It is a nice little town for relaxing, but very commercialised - you have no trouble finding western food, or an English menu anywhere, and to be honest, you don't feel like you are truly in China while you are here....

Jun 10, 2008 - Yangshuo for Me and You

We then took a bus from Guilin to Yangshuo. ... We had never heard of Yangshuo before reading our Lonely Planet China guidebook. ... The guidebook recommended Yangshuo as a budget alternative to Guilin. ... The Guilin-Yangshuo area is attractive because of the beautiful scenery, which resembles Halong Bay without the water. ... 3 million, Yangshuo is smaller with better scenery and cheaper accommodation. ...

Apr 28, 2008 - Lijiang river cruise

There is a lot of advantages to be had when travelling four people together - today, instead of joining a tour boat down the Yellow river - Lijiang in Chinese - we rented our own little motorboat, which, needless to say, was incredible.There is a lot of advantages to be had when travelling four people together - today, instead of joining a tour boat down the Yellow river - Lijiang in Chinese - we rented our own little motorboat, which, needless to say, was incredible....

Apr 21, 2008 - Karst Mountains!!!!

The trip from Huizhou to Yangshuo (15 hours) was our first experience on a Chinese sleeper bus… picture thirty to forty single beds, stacked two high and three rows across the width of the bus. ... Yangshuo is a set amongst otherworldly scenery. ... Our three days in Yangshuo were busy… we decided to give Tai chi (a Chinese martial art form that combines exercise through slow movements with the art of defense) a try and so hired a local “master” to give us two morning lessons. ... After Yangshuo we went north to Guilin which is also surrounded by Karst Mountains. ...

Apr 16, 2008 - Yangshuo

We decided to take the local bus to Yangshuo, a small town of 300,000 souls, one hour south of Guilin, but this was almost the end of our travelling and the end of this journal. ... Unfortunately, it was at least an hour before the bus was deemed full enough to move on to Yangshuo. ... We pulled into Yangshuo, a city wrapped around the base of several small mountains. ... We’d read that for many people, the time in Yangshuo ranks as their premier experience in all of China. ... The highlight of our time in Yangshuo was the three days we spent touring the surrounding area on bicycles. ...

Dec 4, 2007 - Yangshuo

We decided to take the local bus to Yangshuo, a small town of 300,000 souls, one hour south of Guilin, but this was almost the end of our travelling and the end of this journal. ... Unfortunately, it was at least an hour before the bus was deemed full enough to move on to Yangshuo. ... We pulled into Yangshuo, a city wrapped around the base of several small mountains. ... We'd read that for many people, the time in Yangshuo ranks as their premier experience in all of China. ... The highlight of our time in Yangshuo was the three days we spent touring the surrounding area on bicycles. ...

Oct 22, 2007 - Yangshuo

We arrived in Yangshuo about 14:30 off the cruise and headed up to get the golf cart tour. ... This is to hire the the golf cart to bring us into the Yangshuo country side. ... Yangshuo town is small so they pretty much use these 6 or 9 seater large golf carts as taxi's and buses, a good idea. ...

Oct 14, 2007 - Yichang to Yangshuo

This morning we arrived in Guilin after yesterday's five hour bus ride from Wuhan to Wuchang and then an overnight train ride.after we arrived we got on another bus for the one hour ride to the mountain village of Yangshuo where we stayed at Lisa's Mountain View Lodge. ... After our breakfast everyone wandered about Yangshuo, taking in the sights and the market and a coffee at "Minnie Mao's". ...

Sep 7, 2007 - Yangshuo!

8/10/07 added more piccies 8/9/07 added some pics of the last few days! The climbing is excellent, climbed at White Mountain and Wine Bottle crags. Today we cycled to a village up the river from Yangshuo and then caught a boat back down the river. ...