Xinxijie International Hotel Yangshuo

... in and are a simple crossing. One time we had to get out and walk. Each time your feet get wet when re-entering the river. The final weir was about 4 ft high and we got soaked. By this weir there were a party of Chinese on rafts enjoying soaking each other with water pistols.

It was a beautiful peaceful ride down the river but hot even with the parasol. Once back on the bikes (and drying out) we had to ask several people the way but got back to the hotel in time ...

... salt and fry 1 min, add chicken. Add water, cook until only a little sauce remains. Add oyster sauce, spring onions and cashew nuts. heat through and serve.

EGGPLANT YANGSHUO STYLE
100 gm eggplant - we used chinese eggplant cut in rounds about 4in long and then cut in half and then into triangular sticks. Skin on.
2 tbs peanut oil
Half red pepper - sliced into match sticks ...

... 1494;קנים שהפכו את ביתם למלון משפחת 97;, תמורת 35 יואן (20 ש"ח) קיבלת 97; חדר טוב, מקלחת חמה וארוח 93;ת ער ...

... al hotel y contratamos el bamboo rafting. Al rato nos vino a buscar un chico en una motito que bautizamos "Gucci" por la remera trucha que llevaba, y lo seguimos con las bicicletas cruzando las ciudad y luego por varios kilometros por la campinia de Yangshuo, hasta que llegamos al Rio Yulong. Aca habia una cantidad enorme de balsas de bamboo, Gucci dejo estacionada la moto, nos cargo las bicicletas en un camioncito, se agarro una vara de bamboo, dos chalecos salvavidas y nos subio ...

Large odd shapes poke out of the flat landscape. Limestone mountains jutting up to the sky. We climbed to moon mountain and I could see the formations from the top. They looked like coral bommies. The area had been under the ocean 10 million years ago. glaciation robbed the area of its ocean and the ground started rising because of the lack of the weight of water on it. The coral reefs of course died but became these wondrously ...

... an unbeaten path. A rocky unbeaten path, where my snake phobia hit me at full pelt (irrationally). Soon i found myself atop of the moon's uppermost peak, holding onto a metal pole to withstand the winds. I could see a great deal further, but i am convinced that Charlotte was better off for resting.
When the lights go down, Yangshuo really picks up, with heaps of cool eateries and bars. We embraced the local Liq beer at happy hour, and enjoyed some cheap eats in the heart of the buzz.

... 8220;I am Simon and you stink!!”, but thought better of it. I really could feel for these students. They really did well. Understanding my Virginia, California, Oregon, Texas accent was difficult for a couple of them. I was impressed. I am glad no one asked me to get up and speak in Chinese. Oh, yeah – they did!!! After the contest was over, they handed the certificates to Mark 1 and me ...

The next day, we did a bamboo rafting trip down the river. We took a rather eventful 1-hr van ride from the city to a nearby village. Manouevring (a.k.a. swerving) through Chinese traffic (on either side of the road). We stopped at a nearby university and picked up additional passengers, 4 Chinese students-1 girl, 3 boys-who crammed into the back. We continued on the bouncy ride to Elephant Hill and off the main road ...

... our group joined in and was helped by a local. Kristen and I just laughed. We walked through the "fantastic night market" but it really wasn't impressive. What was more impressive was to see English in the city...for we were the only Westerners we saw that day or night. The next daw we rose for more dim sum. Oh man, the Chinese know how to have delicious if oh so heavy breakfasts. I just couldn't resist the deep fried dough... We rode ...

... safe to say that none of us were going to win this one! 25 minutes and a few beers later our burgers arrived and they were indeed special. Everything that one can possibly fit into a burger was in this badboy! Egg, cheese, pineapple, cucumber, tomato....it was amazing! After dinner we relaxed in the very chilled atmosphere and spoke some more to Roland about his own adventures, (he is also a tour guide with a dutch company) and he told us some rather amusing ...