Water Buffalo Guesthouse Yangshuo

... were on tiny tracks in between rice fields and orchards, (really hard work), and had to stop to make way for the water buffalo that would come along with the farmer in the opposire direction. Really tranquil and really lovely. Even though we picked ...

... never have found them on my own. They might have been filled with potholes, orange muddy clay, and regularly kicked up sodden Water Buffalo poo onto my legs, but these rural streets were not something that I'd be finding on some Government run tour. It ...

... them at the "fix bike" station, but the mechanic was rude and demanding so prices were not negotiable. We ran into touts with water buffalo who wanted payment to take photos of their animals; one old lady was so forceful that B2 had to push her away for ...

... . It's hard to do justice in words to the experience of riding around amongst the limestone peaks and small villages that surround Yangshuo; I spent the latter half of the day I arrived and the entire next doing just that. Even in the cold weather with ...

... returning to the observation deck. Hoards of ducks occupy the river alongside the gaggle of tour boats. There are the occasional water buffalo and farmer, but the main attractions, the limestone mountains, remain wrapped in fog, to the point that Ada has ...

... family run workshop making and selling painted fans and scrolls. We then found a place to sit next to the Li River, again water buffalo were grazing nearby - totally picturesque. We headed back to Yangshuo as the sun was going down, spent a little time ...

... village we ended up in was very quiet and men and women from the fields were harvesting their vegetables and tending to the water buffalo. We ordered beef fried with chili from a nearby restaurant and a salad, and then saw the chef running through her ...

... . Floating down the river was incredible, you really had time to take in your surroundings and it was so peaceful. We saw water buffalo grazing and wallowing and people working in the paddy fields, all set against a backdrop of limestone peaks. ...

... the river in the evening; our hosts gave us directions and we found the track that took us through padi fields, fields with water buffalo lazing in puddles, backyards and finally to the river.  It was so peaceful and we were able to follow the river ...

... thing the scenery was stunning on the ride back. The route took me along the Yulong River through farmland where men still use water buffalo to plough their fields. The only mechanised farm equipment I saw was a machine used to strip the rice from the ...

... for a country where much of the population is still eking out an existence the way they did many many years ago (using water buffalo), but the rest are living in modern and western centres like Shanghai and Beijing? How to educate the population when ...

... all the crazyness. Our chosen place of rest didn't quite have the same "coolness" mind, we were presented with an apartment come guesthouse on the interior of the 7th floor of a god knows how many story monster of a building, in which our room was ...