Yangshuo Travels Author: Jiang-hong
2004.6.6
2004.6.2 night 9:10 plane slowly descended Hongqiao Airport, declaring that our trip to Yangshuo, a successful conclusion. Looking around us, is full of high-rise buildings with flashing neon lights of Shanghai - I am back again! Over the past 5-day trip to Yangshuo, such as a movie-like scenes appeared in front of us, but gradually blurred. Do not want these wonderful memories of growing away from me, I will bring many years of useless pen to put them down one by one.
2004.5.29 is the first day of our trip. 5:00, alarm clock brings me a wake-up. Strange, is not very difficult to get up, it may be too excited. JESSIE I had arranged to 6:20 in the People's Square and so on, along with call TAXI to the Hongqiao Airport. We also give a lift to bring the road at the junction of Jiangsu and so on to another girl CHRISTINE. 6:45 we arrived at the airport, which had been met at the airport waiting JENNY. So far, this line of four girls were in attendance.
From Shanghai to Guilin airport for two river about 2 hours. We are taking off 7:45, 9:40 to go. However, looking out the window of moderate rain, cold heart can not help but a large portion, and began to worry the next trip up. Because, according to our plan that day, there is a foot from the Yang Di to xingping activities.
Out of the airport, Guilin's friends came to fetch us, is a modern, white cars, very good. We are ready to drive a first Guilin lunch, and then whether the arrangement according to the weather conditions even on foot. After 30 minutes we went to the Guilin area, went straight to the horse Mi Fendian plan, horse's a little expensive, other species in general is very cheap, but in any case, cheaper than in Shanghai, the taste is not bad.
10:45 We start this trip from Guilin to drive a major destination for Yang Shuo, only took 1 hour, and soon went to Yangshuo in 11:45. The way we did in the Yang Di, I think it is blessing in disguise, would have been prepared climbers carrying a heavy pack on foot, but because of the rain, we decided to first go to Yangshuo let go mountain climbing bag, look at the weather conditions before deciding whether to return to Yang Di foot.
The way we have seen a number of local-specific things, such as fake traffic police, bicycle double poncho, as well as leading in the bike stays at their own invention umbrella rack.
To Yangshuo West Street, we are recommended by User Ji, Zhuge look at the home, an elderly couple have two very enthusiastic, but because of accommodation is a public bathroom, but a bit far away from the West, we still gave up. Then they seemed few, and was finally selected the recommended lianfeng User No. 1 Hotel. Location good, close to the landscape garden, in the West Street at the end of the bend, really Naozhongqujing, in the upstairs can also be overlooking the Li River. Boss Kanjia down 60 per 1 / day, stay two nights, there is a separate toilet. (The boss's contact: Dr. owoon ,0773-8820022, Yangshuo County, No. 1, Lane lianfeng Foreign Affairs Terminal)
Put away things, we drive to the Yang Di, the weather started a little better, and we feel like Shanghai, Huang days. 13:30-14:30, by the Yang Di. Get off, we bought a hand-drawn map of Chang, but there seems to look not quite understand, I originally planned the whole process from the Yang Di to xingping on foot, but now the sky then it began to drizzle, could not help a boatman's Ruanmoyingpao that we are not enough time to the entire process should take 7 hours, also went dark can not xingping, so I agreed to ride to his boat, 100 yuan, after haggling the transaction, sending the two of us crossing.
This is an electric boat, along the way picturesque, and the heavens slowly clear up the. Boatman side of sail, while pointing to both sides of the picture to us to explain, but we always suspected he was too fast, so we are able to enjoy a nice view of these. 14:30-15:10, he will send us to the second crossing nine horse painting mountains, then go back. Boatman is flustered all the way, probably because they are afraid inspection bar. Our well-known painting of nine mountain horse looked a while, it still can not see that in the end which nine horses, ready to go home will be photographed and then carefully.
At this time the sun came out, we walked along the riverside of the gravel and began a real foot, some sun, roads are not very good to go, we ridicule ourselves as to the foot massage. Gone for a while, they finally reached the ridge road Yehao walk more. A moment later, saw the legendary 15:45 blue mark, we are excited at the roadside shop and bought a thirst-quenching watermelon. After eating melon, business resumed. 16:15 we go to a ferry port, many people are drifting from here, we are ready to enjoy the Yulong River in drifting, so we spent 4 yuan / person continued to walk past the ferry. After the ferry we are a small village in the local walk, tired, but the landscape is not bad. Gone almost 1 hour, we arrived at the end of drift, some tired, called the trolley cars to send us to the bus stop xingping. The way we have obtained the 20 RMB on the back of the pattern of local paused, took ZHANG Zhao.
17:45 xingping we leave for the bus station Yangshuo. 1 hour, we arrived in Yangshuo West Street. In the West bought some plums and the peaches, we are back to the hotel rest. Bath, 19:30 we went to Red Star Express has long been attracted to eat dinner. Point of the PIZZA, pasta, salad, steak and Li River Quanpi Jiu. Local beer is really tasty special refreshing. (The next few days we are all drunk Quanpi Jiu Li River, although the taste is still good, but never smaller than the first day of the)
After dinner, we began shopping, and preparing for the next day's rafting. First went to rent a car and took a tour guide, mountain bike 5 yuan / day / vehicle, tour guides and 20 yuan / day. Gradually the deep night, and West Street in a prelude to the bar just opened, but we have been tired, they go back early to rest.
2004.5.30 We arranged Yulong River drifting. Because last night to inquire about "no" is a 7:30 open the door, so we get up at 7:00 ready to first go to a bike to get, and then eat breakfast, but the "no" to the 7:45 has never been open, we can only go to the local Chinese eat breakfast, per person 1 egg, soy milk, Mara cakes, Artemsia argyi Ci Pakistan, it is saturated.
After breakfast we ride from the West starting 8:00 and began drifting to the starting point of Fuli Bridge. Followed by guided tours, five members of his ride to the Yulong River rafting place to go. The beginning of a journey has given us to Xiama Wei, a good long period of ascent, we are getting to ride the more difficult to ride, only to push down, but fortunately, the subsequent downhill was much better, and we also shot some photos of cycling. Chapter 1 hour, we are riding on the highway, the road picture good days, shade, and rain is always decline down, very suitable for cycling, do not be afraid drying. Guilin mountains very special, very steep, no wonder a lot of rock climbing enthusiasts will go to Guilin.
More than one hours later, Baisha Town, where we turn, riding to the farmland inside, JESSIE, and CHRIS still riding too far here, I used the phone to call them back. In riding over a period of country road, we came to Fuli Bridge, said to be in the vicinity of the oldest stone arch bridge, allowed to gaze longingly, very beautiful, very old, there is a sense of vicissitudes of life, feeling that it witnessed the historical changes. The bridge on both sides of the banyan tree is also very dense, there is unimpeded flow under the bridge. We left a lot of video here is really school of rural scenery, but there is no artificial carved signs.
Fuli Bridge leaving we ride for a while, 10:00 to the drift mouth. Day, the weather may be the reason, it may be that we go early, the two rafts we use a smooth 160 / raft of cheap won. (Reportedly asking price is usually 240 / raft, but the day to our asking price is 180 / raft, it seems that our good luck) to go with a bike and tour the land, in the end of the workers and peasants bridges us drifting. Departure, the weather shade, and also drift a bit light rain, Yulong River was very calm, and we began our leisurely drift. First off, a dam and urgent water, washed down by our so cool to dam, we have are extremely happy. Yulong Qiao arrived a short while, (when we see the real Yulong Qiao, the bamboo raft guides say that he would be unconscionable fool some tourists said Yulong Qiao already collapsed, no longer exists .), where the water is said that deep. the way the scenery beautiful, the weather is also gradually clear up the. Later we had a lot of dams, over-Bazi so cool, there are rapids-Yong Jin, feeling some of us on the red light passed, Bazi higher if workers need to bamboo raft down the push, we need to stand next to the dam raft, rafts and other work carried on in the past after the raft, which drifted to the original have added a lot of quiet fun. The way we talked and laughed, and the bamboo raft workers talk to their daily lives, to see along the way and iconic sights. Strongly recommended bleaching throughout, but is strongly recommended that the bridge began to drift from Fuli, because Fuli Bridge to Yulong Qiao also had two Bazi. Bamboo raft along the way told us that workers from the workers and peasants Fuli Bridge to the bridge to lead a 30 Bazi, we have drifted from 10:00 am 15:30 pm, after deducting the food among the 12:00-13:00 time, a total of rafts on the to be 4.5 hours, really Shuangsi of.
Yulong River water is very clear, this is Lijiang River can not be compared, even the water plants are clearly visible, and the bamboo raft with plants where workers say the water will be particularly clear. Along the way, rolling hills, everywhere is the beauty, everywhere is the painting, there are rice fields, water, mountains, trees, let us think it is a paradise on earth, his back lying on a chair and enjoy a nature treasure left for us, what trouble are thrown behind the. Sometimes the way to see a lot of bubbles on the surface of the water, rafts fish industry said that this is the place where the locals eat fish is the river fishing. We took a bamboo raft is a special bamboo, very thick, bamboo raft worker said that he takes about 1,200 yuan each, but only with 2-3 months, because each had a dam on the rafts of wear and tear is very serious The.
12:00 Some of our hungry, but also Shi Shi, bamboo raft on the shore of the Yulong River workers stop entertainment center to let us eat the toilet. We looked at the menu, some expensive, may have no recourse but to eat, and store workers tell us that would like to make rafts to eat, once we have taken in feel. In order to bamboo raft workers, we have more of a taro Pork, think this is probably almost the next, but the dish up, we found that a small amount of good, and we four are not enough to pay for, not to mention there are four bamboo raft workers, However, there is no way, am a bit to them, and that more of the taro Pork, meat pitiful, and tastes strange, we were given to workers to eat bamboo raft. Chicken is a couple of pounds of the amount, to 25 / kg, but the feeling is Duanjinshaoliang, and we no eat. Checkout time to 113 yuan, the feeling is chop the knife, we and shops theory, pull out 13 yuan, probably they also felt wrong Come on, this Dayton eat the worst, but also their own bamboo rafts work together before they can eat vegetables, and we cursed that they are unscrupulous. (proposed to go after the people who bring their own dry food.)
13:00 noon, the sun came out, we went to the half-bleaching effect where people once more together, floating from here have to 120-150 yuan, so it is still our cost-effective. The water is very clear, there are a lot of people swimming, a pity not with a swimming suit, or else not be more perfect. the end only to the shallow bamboo rafts work space for letting us into the water and shoot some photos too too dry addiction, the next time will definitely come back to bring a bathing suit.
15:30 drift to reach the terminal workers and peasants, the bridge ended in victory. Guided tours and bike have been waiting for the shore. Ashore on the toilet, there's dirty, there were fees of 1 yuan / person than the further slaughter of people in Shanghai.
Back on the bike, butt hurt, but still hold back, and starting to large banyan tree, the moon, Butterfly Spring Hill and the three well-known attractions. Is far from a large chunk of woods was also called Third Sister Liu singing in antiphonal style of the big banyan tree, tickets are expensive, we only shot from far ZHANG Zhao, operator went to, and because we feel that it is not spent a penny into the value. And then riding 10 minutes is the Mountains of the Moon, there is no up, only take pictures, where the province is still in order to save, whether it is money or physical strength. Later, passing Butterfly Spring to shoot some photos as souvenirs, there are people on the roadside cliff climbing.
16:30 We start back to West Street, the end of the second day of the Yulong River rafting. 18:00 Back to the West, we invite guides and our dinner. We have chosen a lot of User recommended Xie big sister, this street are the hotel, but it seems only to thank his older sister's business is particularly good, probably the relationship between the claim to fame. We point the Pijiu Yu, snail, pumpkin flower soup brewing of local distinctive dishes, wiped them altogether.
After dinner, but also the car, bid farewell tour guides, we are back to the hotel to rest, ready to come out late and then could be days, some bad. Right on cue, and so we have a good wash bath, has it began to rain cats and dogs, JESSIE, and CHRIS go to Martha chicken (two of 60 yuan an hour bargaining, where are the opposite sex massage) and I had to go shopping JENNY. Visited the Council of rain was greater, we can only find stores to hide the parent's house, just come across massage End of JESSIE and CHRIS, with the parent's house. Random chat, but also regarded as a dip bar, and not in vain, so a day passed.
2004.5.31 This is our day to adjust to relax. Up early in the morning, because hoteliers say that we are across the landscape garden in 7:30 before the ticket is not closed. Into the stroll a bit, but seat hill, there are many leaders to visit before, only the famous bar. Denggao can see the Li River, but also shot the famous "band" is used. (This was written in Yangshuo County magistrate, fonts, beautiful, different combinations can change some words out of 16)
Ben is still "no" breakfast go to the store to be open, but no breakfast, fooled us twice, well hurt our hearts, we should be online publicity: "No" No breakfast!!! Last JESSIE and CHRIS options the 'under the moon', it is Western-style restaurants, several foreigners have been, and that it! a point of admiring the high-fiber breakfast, 26 per copy with fruit juice (fresh), yogurt mixed with oatmeal, scrambled eggs, fruit , bread and so on, a good rich, Shanghai alone one on the expensive, and very enjoyable meal.
JENNY I went to the scrag noodle breakfast. Very cheap one as long as 1.4 yuan 2, 2 2 is also only 1.7 yuan, material and soup is casual added. The locals are all the rice noodles for breakfast, and we do as the Romans had. Day when we were ready to go Yinzi Yan, bag, after the return to Yangshuo in the evening went to live in Guilin, and Guilin, after all, is relatively well known, and fitted feel.
9:15 we pack the van to the small cars Bacheng Xin Yin Ziyan, round 50, is also OK. There are tour guides, tickets are also cheaper 5 yuan, (tickets 50 yuan / person, as guides to help us to buy, just spent 45 million) to the 9:45, 10 o'clock started to visit a hole. Guilin is famous for caves, we have picked Yinzi Yan and there are others, such as kwan'am so. Yin Ziyan throughout the 12 peaks, is a floor-style cave, into the next hole, hall, on the hole three parts, bringing together different geological development of the growth of stalactites. People can be deeply felt Mother Nature. Although it was raining outside, but does not affect our play in the cave. Here's a guide to explain the way, her voice was sweet, the only fly in the ointment is her walking too fast, let us no time to savor. (We recommend that future generations go, then he should not be too rush, if not keep up with the pace of the previous guides wait for the next one.) Impressed me is the biggest cave of silver stalactites, a vast one, silver and shiny, really want to with a home we go. there is the reflection of a very strange here, reading through the policy clear bottoming out, as if the general came to the Dragon King's palace. We are growing too fast pace, 45 minutes optimistic about it. outside scenery is also beautiful, but the rain , there is no stay on the back of Yang Shuo.
11:30 end of the tour later, we Yin Ziyan back Yangshuo. West on "Guilin's Love" and the crew filming a pity that the people needed only to go to 2004.6.2 actors, we have no chance, sorry!
13:00's because of friends something happens, we can later return to Guilin, so it is centering on to eat our last meal in the West: Voyager Restaurant, we point the well-known PIZZA, salad, Italian noodles, as well as chicken wings (spicy side of this partial dry, less tasty), taste is not a public talk about it.
After lunch, we do the CMB from 14:00 to Guilin in Yangshuo. Oh, forgot to say, we share the same view of Guilin children are beautiful, big eyes.
16:00 arrived in Guilin. Arranged by a friend in Guilin we checked into the crown Thai Hotel. (120 RMB / room / day, double Samsung Standard rooms)
16:30 start we went to the Elephant Trunk Hill and Seven Star Park, as well as the twin towers. These are also touched on, we do not have to pay Mai Menpiao go. Our tour started from the Lijiang River Elephant Trunk Hill, the tickets are expensive, in order to save money, just want to shoot ZHANG Zhao may Guilin City Government is nausea, a place that can be photographed all kinds of landscape trees, I want to climb the wall, been mistaken for her to a river. Finally Zoulehenyuan, to find a good location, but has not see the hole, and for us, it is only a block hedgehog hill.
17:30 end of the event, Guilin, a friend invited us to eat seafood, it was great cool! After dinner, we stroll to the local pedestrian street, not bad, had a similar sinking Di US-style underground shopping plaza. Thing, and some very cheap, but Chaber such as Shanghai are also some brands, the same price, not cheap. Guilin urban area is very small, visit all, we called a TAXI cars back to the hotel, it spent only starting at 7 yuan. (Even the night as long as the pricing starts at 7.8)
Guilin's night view is more style than during the day, a really good one night! There is a chance if I really want to be a few days.
2004.6.1 Today is International Children's Day 61. Early to bed, and 7:30 back of the room, we went to the bus stop by 8:10 we have peace on the long distance from Guilin to cars, preparing a first sub-car to Dazhai peace. Many friends along the way of the 61 also received greetings. 10:45 We reach peace. Dazhai not enter long-distance trucks, the roadside waiting for us and the van driver Kanjia, he finally agreed to 60 yuan to take us to the farms Walled entrance. Fortunately, the driver promised us detour road, so that we can not have a 50 yuan / person's Dragon's Back terraced tickets (2004.5.1 before the ticket is 30 yuan), but to go more than two hours of the mountain, bitter. 11:45 we went to the entrance, got off to climb the side of the road began to climb the trail. Invited a tour guide lead the way, she opened the family's hotel. A beginning of one of our Xiama Wei Lu yew, very steep slope, 60-degree slope away more than 10 minutes, very bad to go, but also carrying a heavy mountaineering bag, can only be adhered to. In order not to glimpses of free riders, but also hastened to go, which can be considered a small test bar. Embarked on a tour guide said that in order to find a pick pack person.
20 minutes later, the small hilltop we see the terraces, as well as farming people. We invited a guide to help locals pick luggage, he told PAN, we have encountered as savior. We are self-deprecating himself as vegetables donkey, wearing hiking shoes and wear slippers, but also to go pick the package PAN. Distance away a third of the time, we have gone through porters home, looked into the way the local people's life is really bitter. Lived in wooden houses on the first floor to support animals, on the second floor living people, house decoration is also very simple and porters of the grandmother and father at home, they take the water out to us to drink, refused to take their jobs whether it is clean, and even a courtesy, we have The drink a little. Before leaving, we posed for pictures with Pan's grandmother, elderly people in good spirits, and she wore clothes Zhuang. We boast of her clothes and beautiful, and she said young girls are wearing more beautiful.
Continue to climb, and finally to a stay at the 13:45 local beauty floor. Have no choices, but also fixed the election, we will stay there the. The hotel is located in the local highest point of the third Unfortunately, there is a small slope in front, the beauty of the terraces are covered by. See is still very high, could see the distant landscape. We bargain with the boss, a four - one room 50 yuan turnover, very cheap, that is, a bath is a common, but because it is low season, many people, it does not matter.
Put away things, we went downstairs to eat lunch, random locations of the two meals, but also from talking to the punched a discount for each purchase, the boss also agreed to. Store has a boy to help a group of us girls also made him the arrival of the spirits, promising to take us traveled here for free to all attractions.
After the meal off any indulgences have been 15:00, and we quickly set off.
Starting five, camels (one afternoon he did not drink of water, hence the name) of the leg muscles is good, moving too fast, only let him go behind me to help guide our way. To discuss down the decision today, the first tour on the 2nd, 3 No. spots, but also the farthest distance from the attractions on the 3rd, we must come down and then up the mountain, but fortunately, there is a small handsome guy all the way to accompany us Shuiyuexiaoxiao fact, they are also light a lot, see the following from the top terrace is spectacular, but now fields are all put in water, light up will be reflective, as one side face the long mirror framed in the mountains. It's very beautiful! terrific! all the way there are many color pictures of Friends made a special trip to come here, stay for a very long time. We ran into a crazy way to domestic pigs, probably knew it could not escape the fate of slaughtering it, Shazhu Ban issued by the screams, and threaten us jump. There are mountains there will be cattle, she began to pull from time to time so that we come across mine.
19:00 we to the beautiful buildings, after a bath downstairs for dinner. We'll have a chicken, a chicken to eat two, called on the camels together, but also drank beer. After dinner has nine more, it is a pity that these days are cloudy, so the sky did not the stars, I heard a clear day You can also distinguish constellation is a pity! Listening to MP3, looked at the dark mountains, heart troubles swept away, suddenly found in the bushes there is a bright light up things, it should be Firefly bar, very excited the first time I saw Changzhemetai. Camel help us to grasp because it is cloudy, not many fireflies, and we went to distant places to find hard just caught 45 and placed in a small glass bottle.
On the way passing a miaojia, an old woman greeted us outside into her house to see, we have entered the house, she was very happy, busy to help us light a fire, but also burned buttered tea to us to drink. We do not want too much trouble her, and she was very poor, the son went to kill wife in jail, leaving her little granddaughter and living conditions are very poor, JESSIE can not bear to watch, gave 10 yuan, is said to rely on this point, she could a month , sit we left. this evening, although I did not see the stars, but feel that they had a very full!
2004.6.2 is probably the last night, and very reluctant to go to sleep, woke up a 13:00, but also, and JESSIE with the toilet. Hardly slept, got up early, 6:00 am, and ready to go on the 1st attractions. Originally it was the best place to watch the sunrise can be cloudy or because there is no sunrise, but fortunately, there are clouds, but also a kind of beautiful! Morning, the Friends have been a lot of color in the photo, three of us took only 30 minutes go back and forth. the end did not leave any regrets.
8:10 eat breakfast, hired a pick public, camels walked with us to the village safe. Amid a drizzling rain, the road slate is very slippery, and some places the mud, there are streams, not so good go This is probably more than two days to go, my pace is not steady, often slippery, so I have the hand holding JESSIE, while JESSIE pull the camel's hand, JESSIE with a smile that we are Qiang Qiang.
On the road and saw a stream, JESSIE an excitement, like a hot hand, a careless foot slipped the water, feet all wet. I also do not be careful the way a fall, PP Hao Teng. JESSIE said that the mountains here, much like her regular hours, after climbing the mountain, looking for PAO her son to eat, the way are not, but finally we can see a camel that, and only one red berries at a very high place, not eating can be passed eye addiction, but also become! really like back to childhood, we all felt a sudden a lot of the young.
Mix according to the records, probably to a safe village to three hours, take a look at the way we play, but also nearly three hours, 11:30 to safe a place first Kowloon Five Tigers, just to catch up with fog, the Peak almost could not see any Dongdong. had no choice but barely.
Then the camel took us to his friend opened the hotel, a good point of our lunch - bamboo-tube rice, lay down their luggage, they went straight to the most famous scenic spots - Seven the moon. Now climb is a piece of cake for us, not a will to the top of the hill, when the sun began to appear, and looking ahead, the beautiful panoramic view of terraced fields, where the scenery than we see elsewhere, are spectacular, perhaps this is our last one attraction, and my heart really bear to leave. shoot According to some of the scenery I just want all this beautiful engraved in my mind.
12:30 Back to the hotel, eat our last meal in the mountains - bamboo-tube rice, but also regarded as a ceremonial bar. Rectify we go down the mountain back to Guilin. That two days with us and the camel is very happy, he also appears to us to leave so reluctant to part. but the end is to leave this beautiful mountain villagers to leave honest, leave this beautiful place, my heart is also lost. hope to have the opportunity to also come. Today is also in Guilin The last day of the first days of the scenarios is also vivid, so soon to leave. one can only lament: Time speeding, such as electric bar!
13:30-13:45 We walk to the Dragon's Back terraced exports, called the cars to take us to the junction of the small van - to travel to the bus at Guilin.
16:10 back to Guilin, a friend busy and can not come soon, though still early, but we decided to call TAXI to the airport itself can go back on that driver, and do not want to do our business, our lost in the Civil Aviation Building (take the bus at the airport), we then contact a friend, he finally came 17:30 hastily sent to us, but give us a lot of Guilin specialties and sumptuous dinner, and we felt very grateful to him!
Aircraft at 19:30 River in Guilin airport quasi-two-point take-off, 21:10 us safely back to Shanghai. This trip also Wutiansiwan of Yangshuo declare victory over. Seen and heard these days, so my life is difficult to forget, so that all the time to write this travelogue, still vivid.
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