Yangshou Stories


Guilin

We came early to Guilin. There, we were picked up by our guide Helen, a sweet little Chinese lady/girl – not sure of her age really! Around 30, perhaps? She was very helpful and energetic, and she suggested lots of things we could choose from doing. So we decided to go to a local cave, all naturally made from drip stones. It was huge and very nice, but ...


Rest time before another train

We arrived in Yangshou after and pleasent flight, despite our arguments with the French, and quickly arrived in probably the most touristy town in China. We are finally away from sky scrapers and into the countryside but the town itself is very relaxed and friendly to tourists. We have taken a boat trip of the river Li and also undertaken a Chinese...


Relaxing in Yangshou

We arrived in Yangshou, a very chilled out little town on the banks of the Li river, having done an amazing boat trip down the river Li from Guilin. The weather was very hot and sunny and the scenery was stunning. It was a very relaxing way to travel between two places and to see how life goes on along the banks of the river, watching the fishermen fish...


Busy doing nothing in Yangshou

This just keeps getting better. We arrived in Yangshou on our river boat on Wednesday afternoon and easily found our hotel. We soon discovered much to our chagrin that there was no outdoor swimming pool as advertised on the booking website, and likewise there was no indoor pool either. But when you're paying about 8 quid each for a fine hotel (even ...