Photos of Yangshuo, Guilin - Part II

By Jian Shuo Wang on 2009-03-28 21:52 · Guilin

Here are more photos of the trip with very brief note. I am here in Shanghai. Immediately after I get off airplane, I headed to Shangri-la for a meeting, and there are two meetings near the Pudong Shangri-la and Starbucks tomorrow. I already noticed the big difference - I feel excited about the upcoming meetings - that is the benefit of a vacation.

Follor near Lijiang River - from the Bilian Jiangjing Hotel.

Boat on Lijiang River.

Below: Scene of the West Street. Wendy said she loves this picture.

Below: the lobby of Yangshuo Youth Hostel. We reserved this hotel but later cancelled it. It turned out to be a nice and quiet hotel.

The Yangshuo Shiwaitaoyuan 世外桃源 (they translate their name to “Shangri-la”, which I don’t think is a proper name).

The mountains and architect of the village.

They have live performance - there are people act as native people.

This lady is NOT an actor - I love the natural feel of the village

The water circle:

This is the Yinzi Yan 银子岩. The Karst cave.

3 Comments

That is indeed a grat-looking youth hostel -- and the cave is really amazing! Would you have preferred to see it without all the artificial colored lighting, or did that add something desirable to the experience?

— Carroll · 2009-03-30 12:17

Hmmm... I am not sure. I never saw a tourist place with a cave without the artificial colored lighting. I would say, I still prefer it, since it is just like many of the things people make out of stones - stone itself is just stone, but people carve different shapes out of it, so we do with the tree roots - to create some nice thing and place it into the room. The stone will look very differently without the color.

I also like a quiet stone without any light - that is even better, but it is the beautify of mysteriousness.

— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-03-30 12:28

Hi, I am planning my trip to Guilin next week, can you please help me with the Yangshuo Youth Hostel's address and telephone number? English or Chinese, I can read both. Your blog has been for some time now a constant useful source of information for me, actually it was my window to China before I got here. thank you!

— cristina · 2009-05-22 00:17