Yangshou: tropical paradise: do not miss this town....
May 15, 2007
A view of one of the Yangshou areas. The town was very pretty with lots of water canals and a lake
The view from Mini-mao's restaurant: see the man with the comerants fishing? This is the center lake: the town is surrounded by green hills.
We walked off the boat and immediately went through a line of booths and stands.... all of them yelling and showing you things they had... very intense. I wanted to look at everything and shop and David was determined to find the motel....
We got to the motel and got a room on the third floor: no elevators: and have a huge balcony (complete with an army of mosquitoes that could kiss a chicken flat footed.
Fruit salad from our favorite restaurant: Mini-Mao's. We sat outside even if it was raining. Look at how elabrate this fruit plate is: It was so sweet: 3 little gals put it together. We were very appreciative..
We rented bikes and took off through the town. It was much much less scarey than Beijing.We went to one edge of town after a while we stopped at a really cute and quaint place: it had picnic tables and umbrellas and neat fish ponds. but no one around. we sat for a while then i wandered to the back where some ladies were talking and asked for a couple of beers.
I bought these: But I didn't really have a place to open them to eat; so I took them to a restaurant and asked them to include them in a fruit plate we ordered.
we sat for about 45 minutes .... one other person there. wayyyy on the other side. she broke her beer bottle when she stood up and almost made their dog lift his head but he realized at the last minute that it didn't involve him as one of the owners hurried over with a dustpan and broom ..... the girl walked past us and we chatted a while. She is a college graduate who is touring Asia with 4 friends. She has been to India, Thailand and now china. Her name is Kelly: she said she is posting her travels on I'm jealous.com so her mom can keep up with her. Later when we were stopped for a cup of tea in town we saw her again. very sweet gal. It seems the town is full of college students having a nice time.
This was at a grocery store: I think it may be wine....
We rode through the rain to an area several hours out of town. We saw people planting rice in the fields and water buffalo grazing. there is always someone out with the buffalo in the field even though they are just grazing.... so we think they are very valuable here. We were soaked. All of the people going by us with rain clothes on ..... but we didn't have anything so we really looked the tourist part.
We stopped at a tiny hole in the wall restaurant and found the menu was only in Chinese. The restaurant was at the crossroads of the street towards moon hill. up 10 steps: we knew it was a restaurant by the red globes and the picnic table. The menu was of course unreadable: the girl in charge did not speak English.... She took me in the back where her ingredients were all cut and in bowls on the table.
This cool guy was making crickets, frogs and butterflys out of reeds. It was so neat to watch him. It took about 4 minutes for him to make a frog: eyes and all.
The lady in the next store brought her baby over for us to admire and the man in the other side brought his baby over. there is nothing cuter than the babies here. always carried and always happy. they don't have diapers. instead the inside of the crotch is not sewn.
He wove them like a basket.
wipe them. it's so logical.
We got a little lost coming back. we stopped at a really interesting grocery store. it had shoes, fans, food, hardware...... we bought some liquor to try the different types. the sales girl who was probably 16 talked David into a biggish bottle of something that was on sale. for about 70 cents. it was perfectly vile.
Later in the room, I smelled it and David told me it actually tasted better then it smelled. He was wrong..... I can't believe I tasted it..... it smelled like dirty socks and tasted worse. So we are going to leave it in the cabinet when we leave here......
We could live here .... it is so beautiful. I have a million pictures.
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A view of one of the Yangshou ar…
The view from Mini-mao's restaur…
Fruit salad from our favorite re…
I bought these: But I didn't rea…
This was at a grocery store: I t…
This cool guy was making cricket…
He wove them like a basket.
this bridge went over to a motel…
He was very nice. I was so exci…
I bought this frog.... it turned…
Inside the restaurant: a paintin…
this is a bakery.... very neat t…
looking down into the street fro…
Me riding out of town....
This is one of the yangshou stre…
riding bikes in town: We got los…
The little dark bag was full of …
large eels at the restaurant; we…
isn't this neat? We stopped the…
one of the tractor trucks running
I liked the look of these but I …
fruits: venders had so many type…
A lot of the places had clever a…
The sign for minnie mao's cafe: …
pearl factory: guilin
reed flute caves: statue of libe…
Li River scenery
Li River... beauty around the bend
Li River scenery
Li River scenery this boat is…
Li River scenery - amazing hills
Li River scenery - fields next t…
Li River scenery ... up the rive…
Li River scenery ... nice house …
Li River scenery- row on row in …
Li River scenery - it was rainin…
Li River scenery - people on the…
Li River scenery - house by the …
Li River scenery - Over and over…
Li River scenery - look at the b…
Li River scenery - this might be…
Li River scenery - clearing a bi…
water buffalo next to the stream
view of the banks
following one by one.... we were…
up the Li....hills in the distance
sand bar and river split
a little water fall
following one by one up the Li R…
looking across the river
sand bar
looking at boats parked on the side
boats in front of us
looking down the river
li river scenes
passing villages
water buffalo in the river
people watching their water buffalo
li river scenery...
mountains and the mountains beyond
interesting shape
I read about the motel in a travel page quite a few months ago: It is located just up the street from where the boat drops off people: (about 2 blocks....) 11 Ben Jiang Road Yangshuo: telephone #:86- 0773-8822688 or fax #: 0773-8810855 hostel phone is: 86-773-8829676 (we didn't see the rooms of the hostels: but they had wooden floors, private bath, hot water, internet, and A/C)
We liked this hotel. We paid about $32: May 2007. It was next to the river and just a 1/2 block from the main street. the people were very accomodating: it had a free computer available. there were bicycles for rent: nice lobby: cute and small. the motel itself has 19 rooms: it had a patio area and an indoor dining area: We ate quite a few meals there with the resident cats. rain or shine we ate on the patio. the menu prices were very competive with other places. Our room was 409: marble floors: private bath: 3rd floor no elevator: huge balcony. We would not hesitate to recommend it. We liked the clerks ..very hard working kids. We had them take our laundry to be done after I fell into the mud... they had it back hours before we expected it. Cute little store next to it to buy water...good price on the water... http://www.riverview.com.cn/
We liked this hotel. We paid about $32: May 2007. It was next to the river and just a 1/2 block from the main street. the people were very accomodating: it had a free computer available. there were bicycles for rent: nice lobby: cute and small. the motel itself has 19 rooms: it had a patio area and an indoor dining area: We ate quite a few meals there with the resident cats. rain or shine we ate on the patio. the menu prices were very competive with other places. Our room was 409: marble floors: private bath: 3rd floor no elevator: huge balcony. We would not hesitate to recommend it. We liked the clerks ..very hard working kids. We had them take our laundry to be done after I fell into the mud... they had it back hours before we expected it. Cute little store next to it to buy water...good price on the water... http://www.riverview.com.cn/
