Guizhou Vacations, Guizhou Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), 2 lovely unknown women! (Chinese) We arrived into Anshun at 6.15am and after checking into a grotty hotel near the station, decided we would punish ourselves further by taking a gruelling 8 hour round trip (travelling time) to Zhijin Cave. We caught our first bus to the long distance bus staion, before a 3 hour journey through some remarkably interesting topography. The land was dotted with small but steep mountain...

I am giddy with excitement to actually be sailing on China's Yangtze River. I can't believe it - a dream come true! Of course, I had a certain amount of tourist-cheating to go through to get here. I wanted a simple "3-star" type of boat - nothing fancy. But the agent said that "Due to government (something), we cannot book 3-star. You'll have to upgrade to 4-star." Blah, blah, blah. Something about "treating myself to luxury" etc etc. So I was convinced to go with the added lu...

Fengdu is a ghost town (the only one in China) on the Yangtse River, and the first stop on most cruises from Chongqing to Yichang. We were awoken pretty early by the on-ship PA system crackling to life with cheery strangled cat sounding Chinese music. We got up - Laura energetically, me less so - I was feeling really rough now, and had only managed a bowl of rice the night before for dinner. We bought bottles of water as we got off the ship for the dockside hawkers, and made our way through ...

After living in Guizhou for two years I am sure of one thing. Most people in the world have never been to a better place. I am of the firm belief that this part of China is still separated from the rest of the world in a way that make things like the Internet and International phone calls seem amazing.That is not to say that being in a place like this is difficult… the ever present internet bar is still within reach and you can hop a flight out of the province capital and be in Beijing in 4...