Yangshuo Travel Reviews

Finally get chance to put all my thoughts and feeling appeared while traveling to Yangshuo of Guilin in words today.
Yangshuo is a wonderland in my heart, haha... Yes, alice was in the wonderland named Yangshuo this summer.
My trip of this beautiful town started with Western Street, as you know, ... Details

35 years ago, a journey like this would have been unthinkable. China was an inhospitable, closed society, open to few foreigners and nearly no Americans. The reality of today’s China is much different. McDonalds, KFC and Starbucks populate the big cities, but in the far-flung regions of inner ... Details

A bicycle called Alice
by Joanne Lane
997 words

We blew up a rock to reach Yangshou. This is certainly not the usual method of arrival to this picturesque village on the Li River in China's southern province Guangxhi, but it was necessary.

Two huge, nasty, many-tonned boulders blocked ... Details

The pictures of West Street came as somewhat of a shock to me. When I went to this lovely place in 1984 there were less than 3-4 foreign tourists. No signs were in English. I stayed in an unpretentious room in a hotel with a central courtyard. Dinner was taken in a poorly lit restaurant where I sat ... Details

I understand what you are saying. Altho I didn't have the experiences you did (I was on a 'culinary tour') I remember Yangshuo, in 1984, as a small quiet town. The only English sign I saw was one that said: "Philately Society"! The rooms we stayed in had beds with mosquito screens around them, ... Details