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So long and thanks for all the karst
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 29 August 2009
After two months, we were ready to leave the construction noise and crowds of Shanghai and set off on a week long adventure. Using her limited Chinese, and an assortment of travel books, Liz worked hard to plan the perfect getaway with sporty outdoors activities, adorable villages, and luxury pampering. We finally settled on a trip to the village of Ping An and the town of Yangshuo.
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So long and thanks for all the karst
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 28 August 2009
After two months, we were ready to leave the construction noise and crowds of Shanghai and set off on a week long adventure. Using her limited Chinese, and an assortment of travel books, Liz worked hard to plan the perfect getaway with sporty outdoors activities, adorable villages, and luxury pampering. We finally settled on a trip to the village of Ping An and the town of Yangshuo. Despite Liz's efforts, many important details were lost in translation. For Instance: Our hotel, the beautiful LiQing guest house is not accessible by car. We only discovered this important detail at 2am when,...
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So so Yangshuo
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 2 July 2009
The pictures in this post I believe speak for themselves. For me they capture the quintessential image of China made familiar from ink drawings and Willow pattern china plates. They were taken in Guangxi province near the town of Yangshuo. They are images that were stolen between torrential monsoonal downpours, along small dirt tracks and [...]
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Yangshuo to Dali, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 30 May 2009
Five days without an update, and that must surely have more to do with the dreadful internet speed over here in China than it does to do with my work ethic! I’m sitting in a bar in Dali, Yunnan. A peek over my right shoulder and I can see that for the first time in the [...]
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Yangshuo, Guangxi, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 26 May 2009
Yangshuo, Yunnan, China – Images by Jamie McDonald The same widget that cruelly counted down so slowly to my departure date is still ticking over on the mac and it now tells me that I’ve been on the road for ten days and fourteen hours. Why is it that time away goes so quickly compared to [...]
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