Yangshuo is not the type of place that grows on you. With two people who don't drink beer at any price (and it is cheaper than tea or water here) we are finding the time a bit heavy on our hands some days, but we are trying to chill out on the balcony and appreciate … Continue reading The China Logs: Yangshuo 2

Whilst Yangshuo is certainly a backpackers' haunt, it seems to have become more (or less?) than that too over the years. There appears to be four different types of visitor to Yangshuo: Independent travellers like me and Orlando, looking for a bit of R&R and a few days off the road - the original backpackers; … Continue reading The China Logs: Yangshuo 1

We have finally arrived in Yangshuo, a famous backpackers' haunt in the south of China in Guanxi province. This will be our final stop on our odyssey before heading back to Shanghai and onwards to Aus. Yangshuo is quite westernised in parts, and is actually advertised on Chinese TV as a place where westerners and … Continue reading The China Logs: Guilin to Yangshuo

I was woken by a gentle "Happy Birthday To You" being sung in my ear by Orlando. We were in a lovely little friendly hotel in a town called Luoyang, (well it has a population of more than 6 million but that feels small by Chinese standards), about 6 hours by fast train east of … Continue reading The China Logs: Longmen Caves