Yangshuo, Gianxi Province 2007-06-27

What a beautiful place! This is the old China that we were looking for!! Swimming against currents in rivers, bicyclehiking, bamboo-boat rafting and Tai-Shi-ing up in the mountains. This is the therapy we needed after two weeks in crazy modern cities like Hongkong, Shanghai and Beij. Took the bus to high altitude Longjii Terraces where local minority people with pink vests and 2 m long hair guided us through the rice paddies. China style.. We like!!

Beijing - June 23d 2007

Extremely sprawled and covered by a pollution cloud 4 out of 7 days, we still had a really good time here, mostly thanks to our Spanish / Chinese friends who arranged our schedule. Thanks to Tao who wrote down all the site-names with signs, we managed to actually get to the right place some of the times! Experiencing must-sees like the Great Wall, we hiked 4 hours with ricehats of course, prayed to an 18 m tall Buddha at the Lama Temple, got lost in the Forbidden City and went to numerous spanish parties (who could have thought!)... Leaving modern Beijing for the countryside of Guilin, craving for fresh air and old style China...