Xin Xi Jie Hotel Guilin Yangshuo

... to join me. I had my western breakfast and they had a variety of breakfasts. Yangshuo Noodles with peanuts and spicy chili, Steamed buns with some sugar, Rice grule (porage). <br><br> Some even dared to try a western breakfast and used a knife and fork for the first time. It was to say the least very interesting. Kind of a reverse roll thing.<br><br>I think we drove the waitress crazy with all the different meals but she must be used to it. I ...

... ran off to catch her bus. It was fun talking and spending time with her. <br>Jon got up soon, and we got our bikes again, and sped off to Xing Ping for the day. This city, with its buildings so intimate, their alleyways inviting, was 25km from Yangshuo, and then 25 back on a busy road with screaming honking trucks and buses and swarms of motorcycles, though a tunnel, and past the most amazing set of mountains, fangs to our left and right, through little villages selling roadside grape ...

... to put in it for 10 yuan or about $1.50USD per dish), and unlimited transportation to the crags by bicycle (10 yuan/day). With our bikes, we had the freedom to travel to nearly all the crags quickly along flat roads that gave way to spiritual limestone karsts. If you eat out in the touristy areas, prices go up significantly, but ...

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... 8217;s Tai Chi Master came to cook us all a wonderful Chinese dinner. Not only a Tai Chi Master but also a master cook also. We had about 8 dishes including Beer Fish a local specialty. There was the staff and the couple for Holland and myself. Uncle Chen also brought us some of his infamous homemade wine. Which like the Greek resina takes a while to get use to. <br><br>After dinner the open talk group began to arrive. As usual we had a great ...

... the services of prostitutes. <br><br>Activities in Yangshuo include travelling up the Li River and it's tributaries on bamboo rafts. The most scenic part the Li River is between Xing Ping and Yangdi; two villages up river. Xing Ping can be reached by bus or taxi (taxi is best). Both Xing Ping and Yangdi are highly authentic mountain villages with a rather bemused population glad to make a living from the tourists disgorged from the river.<br><br>

... the price with us until they have finished the job. We were completely at his ransom but amazingly he only charged us Y10! On the cycle back, Ben's pedal kept falling off and so we stopped at a proper 'bike repair' shop along the road and got it fixed. He charged Y20 and would have nothing of our 'tai gui!'. <br> <br> <br><br>In the evening we walked down to the Farmers' Market for dinner. The market was a ...

... am. So pretty much stayed in the juice bar. Our A/C does not work right so we got a couple of fans. They seem to do the trick. Had a couple of the local schoolmasters stop by. They want to organize a summer camp. They have a location and even think they have about 60 kids from another province but no foreign teachers. So I gave them a few names from the CCC list. They have never done one before and just heard it was ...

... in less than 10 minutes; you can catch a lot of fish doing this. We took the bus back to Yangshuo and Aida arranged for a cab ride for us to our hotel which is 15 - 20 minutes outside of town for 40 yuan. While we were on the bus I topped up Don' hand sanitizer. We all used some and Tim had a reaction (or noticed one on his hands from something else. I am wondering if it was the plant we fed to the water buffalo...) We were dropped off with an American couple who are living ...

... ve been considered rude. Well, we made our way back to the little booths on the slope of the mountain, stopping along the way for fod. We ate at this nice open air resturant off the road, and once again had AMAZING food of pumpkin, bamboo shoots, rice, and greens. For dessert we had the ladies peel our summer melon. They said it was really bad. And Caroline confirmed it by taking a bite and spitting it out. Poor old lady we bought it from, selling bad melons cause thats all she ...