Grand Dragon Hotel Bijie

... red-rock canyon along a small creek made them even more impressive. <br><br>The taxi drivers were right, Chishui was a must-see. <br><br>***<br>WHAT IT COST<br><br>* Bus from Zunyi-- 106 RMB<br><br>* Hotel for two--40 RMB<br><br>* Minibus to SiDongGou--5.5 RMB<br><br>* Bus to JinShaGou--11.5 RMB<br><br>***<br>TIPS FOR OTHER TRAVELERS<br><br>This region is gorgeous. If you like hiking and nature, spend more time than we did!<br>

We were welcomed into the Ganwu village in Guizhou China by over 100 Miao people dressed in their tradition outfits. Copious amounts of their homemade bai jiu rice wine (very similar to moonshine) was poured down our throats at 6 different stations as we made our way into the village. Then we proceeded to make our way to the dancing grounds as the bai jiu kicked in and spent about an hour doing their traditional dances (very poorly as you can imagine), but ...

We wake up very early as always, to have a quiet walk near the hotel, we get into a vegetables market, and see how the people make their businesses. It starts raining, so we go back for some breakfast, and then we go to the first visit: The 1000 peaks forest. It is a zone with so many hills, it seems they never end. They are sorrounded by rice fields, and the visit is quite nice, except for the little rain. We ride a little tourist train with a chinese ...

... again. The bus driver pulls up beside a small pile hay left near the road. He gets the hay and puts it under the bus. I think, "How smart, now he won't get dirty!" Then, he sets the hay on fire. Dan and I laugh. "He can't be doing that!" Dad rolls his eyes at us. Dark smoke curls up from the burning hay. We figure the driver thinks the cold has iced up the fuel line, limiting the amount of the fuel that the bus receives. Maybe warming it up will make ...

... had planned on buying and had bought them for about the price we had wanted; success, but a little niggling guilt about upsetting an old woman who was just trying to make a buck, anyway. *** This village, Shitouzhai, is a few kilometers from Huangguoshu and is mentioned in our guidebooks as a good place to go to see a traditional Bouyi village and buy some batiks. After our batik-buying, the village started to feel like a living-history museum, as if ...

... dance, the girls search for volunteers. Of course they pick my father; all of the other tourists must have understood what was going to happen and declined. They enacted some ceremony during which Dad had to put on a red cape, a hat and a purse, and then asked him for 40 RMB. We laughed and pretended not to understand the request for cash-although I am really not sure why they wanted the money. This wasn't a charge for watching the show, as none of the ...

... coup le bruit strident de la roue sur le bitume, et d'un engrenage bloqué nous pris par surprise : « le moteur s'était bloqué » Nous zigzaguâmes de file en file jusqu'à gagner le bord de l'autoroute. Après avoir poussé l'engin dans un endroit plus sûr, sous le choc nous attendîmes un instant avant de passer à l'étape suivante : vérifier l'huile, la température du moteur, ajouter de l'huile et attendre que le moteur refroidisse. Après une petite prière, le doigt sur ...

... Green lotus mountain which was very pretty - typical chinese pagodas and beautiful mountain views. We took a bike ride through the country side with our group on day 2 - we saw paddy fields, mountains galore and stopped off to climb up moon hill. The local venders followed us up the entire way, fanning us every time we stopped to catch a breath, in the hope we would buy something from them. We stopped off on ...

The following pictures are of minority handicrafts currently for sale. Proceeds go to cover labor and supplies cost of materials and the surplus goes to support the China Now Community Project education initiative in Shimenkan (where these products were made).

Written by Meg Once we arrived in Guilin, we headed to the tourist booth to get some information. First I asked the dreaded question,"Is there a bathroom here?". I had learned by this point that no standards were thought about when building a bathroom. This particular bathroom was somewhat like an animal barn. It had stalls, but the actual toilet was just like a trough where animals eat out of. Just this ...