Took a normal bus and then swapped to a sleeper bus with Micheal and Anke to Yangshuo. We both had top bunks, with craig at the window as the bed was longer. We managed to get some sleep, though a good two or three hours was spent on what looked like a four-by-four assault course. Had to wait for an hour as a lorry had tipped to one side and got...

Seit wir aus den B**gen sind hat sich vieles v**aend**t, mitunt** folgendes: - China ist chinesisch geworden. - Man v**sucht mit uns zu reden und nicht umgekehrt. - We***** Leute finden uns komisch, dafu** w**den wir mehr mit Leuten fotografi**t. - Mir ist heisz, so heisz. - Soviele MenschenhabennichtallePlatzinmeinemKopf Und hi** ist die Chroni...

We survived one of the longest commute of our lives.It was a combination of 4 buses (16h 45min), 2 trains (19h 20min) , 1 taxi (5min) and about 15 hours to kill in between different modes of transportation. We were stoked at the prospect of having a hot shower. Yangshuo was so cold when we arrived. When we found a room, one of the first things I...

Oggi purtroppo e una brutta giornata...cielo scuro e ogni tanto pioviggina, vabbe giornata giusta per stare in zona... L altro giorno alle cave e stato bello, tutto era cosi grande e fare il bagno nel fango e stato divertente! Ieri siamo stati a fare un corso di cucina cinese, imparando a cucinare diversi piatti oltre alla famosa specialita loca...

Yangshuo was a small village near Guilin, which was really our first stay in mainland China. The Scenery was amazing, with rocky outcrops jutting up everywhere, and rice pattys, fish farms and other crops growing in the fields between. It was a fairly touristy town, very well setup (and affordable) for us to learn Chinese caligraphy, Tai Chi, an...

Nat turns 30 on the train. We see mountains, birds, buffalos and Ang Lee's Spectacular Spectacular.

finnaly arrived to Yangsho, after 22 "hard" hours on the train. me and Nicolas drunk another "magic bottle" on the train so we could get some sleep..and we had alot of fun doing it :-) we arrived at Guilin on time, my bike was waiting for me. now we are shearing a double room for 10 yuan each in Bamboo Hosue...and we have free internet here too....

If you come to a fork in the road, take it - Yogi Berra The SAR Visa Issue The boarder crossing from Macau to the mainland was uneventful, as uneventful as a boarder separating China from China can be. Seemingly Chinas SAR's (Special Administrative Regions), which include Hong Kong & Macau, are not quite 'real' China yet, and while they ultimat...