Painting in Yangshuo

Date: 2011-4-27 20:22:00 by Olette Tags: Guilin Yangshuo Chinese painting

 Sometimes it’s the random experiences that one remembers the most. Even if you see beautiful scenery all day, even the unforgettable karst hills of the Guilin region, it may be some small interaction that you remember years later. Once I was staying alone in Yangshuo, and found myself spending too much time in the cafes and along the tourist streets there. I took a walk to the publi

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The Real China

Date: 2010-10-11 21:08:00 by chinabob8888 Tags: Puyi Yangshuo

If you really want to get to see the real china you must go and visit the small villages.  The people are so warm and welcoming and most have unique histories.  I visited one such village in Guangxi Province it was on the edge of Puyi.  You had to take a floating walking bridge across the river to get to it but and pay 1/2 a yuan for it.  But once there it was like stepping

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A memorable trip to Yangshuo

Date: 2008-9-9 9:12:00 by helen Tags: Yangshuo

Last Saturday, I went to Yangshuo which is in the southeast of Guilin 65 kilometers always from the city center. It is an ancient town with an over 1000-years history, built in the Jin Dynasty (265 A.D-420 A.D).

In the early morning, about 7: 00a.m, I arrived the Guilin train station where you can find many buses to Yangshuo. Before I got on the bus, I bargain with the conductor, and pa

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Guilin, Yangshuo Tour

Date: 2008-3-26 22:00:00 by chinatravel Tags: Yangshuo Guilin

After many years of socialism under the communist system, everyone has suddenly become an entrepreneur. The bird has been set free, however nobody has told him the rules of flight. The feast he has not been able to have for so many years is suddenly becoming available, and it's an all out contest to get his share.? As we wonder thru the streets, last decade’s peasant farmers that are now

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Yangshuo, a Human and Divine Tourist Town

Date: 2008-3-4 21:29:00 by david Tags: Yangshuo

There is such a homestead — The background is a dark green and shining marble path and tile-roofed house of the Qing Dynasty with raised corners and flying eaves. You may take a savor of beer fish and snail in rice wine, or size up the vendors of local culture. You might as well sit down beside the street and appreciate the unhurried mountains and water.

There is such tranquility

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