Shanshui Hotel Guilin

... fields, water buffalo etc. We were very excited about the trip, demonstrated in the fact we got up at about 7am for it, something neither of us have done for several weeks now! When our coach arrived at the jetty to board our ship, we found out that there were several hundred other people were also looking forward to this self same experience and an armada of ships were ready to depart! <br><br>The water level of the Li River was very low when we were there so the fleet of ships had to ...

... it was the building where the prince oversaw official business, and awarding of the top scholars who passed the provincial level imperial exams. In imperial China the only way to become an official was to take a series of imperial exams. First was local, followed by provincial, then the imperial exams in Beijing. The provincial level exams were held in the palace, and there have been some of the examination booths built on the grounds to show visitors what it was like ...

Bonjour, Nous sommes encore a la campagne. Hier, nous avons fait une randonnee a bicyclette a travers la campagne chinoise. Nous avons mange chez notre guide. C'etait tres bon. Le meilleur repas que nous avons eu jusqu'a present. C'est encore la mousson. Nous revenions de notre tour en bicyclette quand il s'est mis a pleuvoir tres fort. Pas le choix de s'arreter dans un cafe. Nous sommes a Yangshuo pour encore quelques heures. Et partirons pour ...

... tonnes of asphalt. Now, a standard two-lane highway is about seven metres wide. If we were to pave it with a thickness of about 150 mm of asphalt (a conservative thickness for a rural highway), we would need about 2.57 tonnes of asphalt for every metre paved along the highway's length. That means, with the 304 400 tonnes of asphalt we made out of the cigarettes from the 417 million smoking men in ...

... landscape in which the city is situated has a kind of magic that is ...

... WE KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS RIDICULOUS OR A SCAM, THOUGH SOMETIMES THE LIES CAN BE HARD TO DISCERN. I THINK WE BOTH BELIEVE IN PAYING FAIR PRICES FOR THINGS, WE DON'T BARGIN LIKE CRAZY BECAUSE WE BOTH DON'T LIKE MAKING THE SELLERS UPSET, THOUGH WE ARE CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY WILL OFTEN GROSSLY OVER CHARGE YOU AT FIRST AND THE MINUTE YOU WALK AWAY IS THE MINUTE THEY CUT THE PRICE IN HALF. KASEY AND I ARRIVED IN GUILIN ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WERE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN BY ITS ...

... and Laura, a Scottish couple we met in our room, and a Canadian girl called Corrine. We split into two groups - veggies and meat eaters, picked three dishes each that we wanted to cook, and then went to the local farmers' market... Its true what they say about Chinese people eating dog... we saw several skinned and hanging up... which was a shock to the system for me - I don't even like seeing chickens hanging up, so lassie strung up by her hind ...

China. The word itself seems to invoke a sense of intrigue and mystery for most people. Only those that have actually visited understand the true meaning of this vast and quickly developing country of the far east. When people, especially westerners, think about China, images of The Great Wall, Shanghai, Hong Kong, The Forbidden City, or Tiananmen Square all come to mind. However, within this immense country of culture and diversity lies a secret lost world that time seems ...

... unlike traditional mountains and instead are narrow, sttep and lush with green and ...

... China, wasn't it? Public places there are for sleeping, among other things. In such a cramped space as this waiting room was, just watching the poses people slept in was a show. My favourite was a guy right next to me who had dozed off with a broken cigarette stuck behind his right ear. Some ate. Some made phone calls. And some engaged in a bit more imaginative activities like clipping hair in their nostrils ...