Countryside Hotel Guangxi Zhuang

... air and morning sun. We've got to see some absolute breathtaking landscape. Those beautifully and uniquely shaped mountains are worthy of their names in the world.

It was such a pleasure just relaxing on the boat and to be surrounded by such a scene, the real world didn't seem to exist for a second, and it was further and further away from me as the boat floating away.

Yangshuo and it's westernised West Street, have their names out there. West Street (Xijie) has its ...

We have experienced many flavours, colours and types of food in Asia:

Chili Snacks- Chili's that have been sugared coated making them sweet and crunchy with a slight kick. We found these in Chongqing

Fresh Dates- We saw these evrywhere in china more common in the north around Bejijng, they are often sold on the street by locals who have picked these from ...

Waking up at 08.00 with the urge to get outside and exploring. The sun was shining through every window in the hostel. Not quite believing the sun was out we went to the roof top see how warm it was, to decide on clothing. It was like walking into a sauna.

Exploring the back streets for breakfast we found a small place selling local breakfast, noodles and dumplings. They were delicious and filled us up all day. eating local food is always cheaper, none more so that at ...

... al restaurante que recomendaba el hostal. Hacian pizza al horno de lenya, ummmm. Con la calor y nada mas comer, empece a echar de menos las siestas espanolas.

Echamos un vistazo a la tienda de souvenirs frente al restaurante. En ella, tenian dibujos diversos, como los que habiamos visto en Beijing. Me llamo la atencion un libro abierto sobre una mesa, con la foto de un hombre mayor y ...

... wo es ausser dem gelegentlichen Gehupe von Autos keinen Krach gibt.

Das Gehupe ist leider etwas was richtig nervt, aber angeblich ist es Pflicht zu hupen, wenn man jemanden ueberholt. Ich haette gern so eine Presslufthupe, wie es sie in Stadien immer gibt, um mal zurueckzuhupen. Besonders Busse und LKWs sind nervig, weil ihre Hupen ganz offensichtlich nicht fuer chinesische ...

... hostel and went to bed relatively early in preparation for our long trek the next day.

28 June - The Longji terraces trek.

7.30am - Scrambles eggs on toast
8.15am - Start the trek
8.25am - Dying from exhaustion and cannot believe the amount of steps!!
9.15am - WOW! So beautiful. The views of the terraces are ...

... into your glass or thermos and pour in the hot water. And before you know it, you have tea. I was at a “tea store” and noticed in one bin something that looked like very small black seeds. I wondered what kind of tea that was. Boy was I surprised when I found out. They were ants. Yes, You read that correctly – ANTS. You mean to tell me that I am supposed to drop a pinch of these ants ...

... training schools. 06-04-09 Sunny and hot It is getting hotter each day and today a little humid. I had a visit from one of the members of the family who run 5 of the English Training schools here. He as stopped in before just to check me out. This time he came with an interesting idea. He wants to set up a sister school program with High Schools in the USA. Not with his school but with ...

... of the deal, etc. are all alive and well in China. We made our way to the river though and got onto our bamboo raft, complete with a guide who spoke only one word of English ("Hallo!"). Our "life vests," not that we needed them, the river was about 4 feet deep and slow moving, had no way of being tied closed. I doubt they would have done much good anyways. The "rapids" were man made drops in the river. They were small but fun ...