Shanghai
Big big city but still some of the old structures visible. If you steep out of the apartment complex and turn left you are in modern Shanghai – turn right you are in the old Shanghai. Has this Bangkok feeling all over it!
Travel
Shaoxing – why not????
this is like china was a long time ago – great! Walking the hutong in Shaoxing The next morning i was walking there again: quite shaky but you might get the drift!
Last Night in Guilin
The last night in Guilin – time to say good buy to new friends. We went for food in a really nice place. Beer was cold and food was very good. and all of it for € 3.50 each! next day was Shanghai. while i ul the movie to youtube i watch the opening of…
Good Bye Lonji
After 3 nights it was time to move on down from this nice place. Delphine went down into the valley and i crossed over to the other valley. Great – nobody and nothing. You hear only some birds, the tranquil sound of water and you own footsteps! Than the dream was over – i reached…
2nd Day in Longji
The next day Hermes hiked up from his place for breakfast. He and Michelle left for Guilin again. Delphine came late in the afternoon from Xing Ping. There was a little confusion as she had the LP Guide and the whole valley is not in the book only another one next to it. But she…
Longji Terraces Scenic Area
Today Michelle and I went to the Longji Terraces Scenic AreaThe construction begun in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) by the Zhuang and Yao people. Till today they work every day in their fields on the mountains. If you been to Banaue in the Philippines you know what it looks like. Michelle did a fantastic job…
On the way Home…
On the way to the hotel from the funeral we found a place where they make that white spirit we had to drink over there. The Boss
The last Day in Xing Ping
Another one from the trip up the mountain in the morning Der Nachbar sagt dies ist der “Blaue Alarm” ich glaube er hat recht… Turned out to be another nice day at “that old place” with all the nice girls working there… And where in the world you have 5 girls looking after you?? The…
Strato on Chinese Web Censorship
I have a few domains with one of the biggest web host in the world – strato.de. so i find out that surfdog.de and swiss-chris.com does not work in china. surfcat does – which is also on strato. so i did complain of course. now here is the answer – in german: Sehr geehrter Herr…
Back in Xing Ping
I moved to Xing Ping and meet Michelle there again. Together with another girl, we climbed the mountain for sunset. I have no idea when I did sweat that much before! Mind you 39 degrees and very very humid air. The next morning, I had to get up at 5:30 to climb that stupid mountain…
And another Day Trip
Today Michelle and I went to another small town close to Yangshou. Visited the market and took a boat cross the river to hike back to the city. We had 38 degrees and it was quite humid. But the surroundings where worth the effort. No noise, no cars and almost no people – at last…
Another Bamboo Raft Trip
Today i wanted to go to a little city and hike back to the hotel. On my way down from the room one of the hotel girls stopped me and asked my if i would like to join another guest in a day trip. Well why not? It turned out that the other guest is…