Better known as Monkey Jane, Lai Zhengxiu began catering to the needs of backpackers following the “banana pancake trail” from Southeast Asia to China’s Guangxi region in 2005, when she opened a ...

The muddy waters of the Li River churn in the erratic wind that blows in. The weather is unusually inclement for a summer evening. Dark clouds hover above the pointed ridges of the Karst mountains to ...

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Fire and rain bracketed my second day at the 2009 Yangshuo Climbing Festival. The former began in the common room of my rustic hotel, a 4-kilometer bike ride from downtown. Someone had stored a pile ...

Comment on the topic: "we want to hear from you" Back in the old century the name 'Yangshuo' was the international traveling community's secret for a charming, laid-back and welcoming ...

Nothing beats the simple pleasure of riding a bike, American president John F. Kennedy famously observed. Except, of course, riding one past the breathtaking karst mountain scenery and winding rivers ...

Aerial photo taken on July 4, 2020 shows a view of Yangshuo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yangshuo is famous for its karst formations and beautiful Lijiang River. (Xinhua/Cao ...

The latest hotel to catch our eye is this Alila Yangshuo space. Based in Southern China, the retreat was formerly a sugar mill in the 1960s and has now been converted into a hotel that still pays ...

NANNING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- When American rock climbing enthusiast Andrew Hedesh hit rock bottom in his job in 2008, he came to Yangshuo, a popular tourist destination in south China, to clear his ...

My whole life I've been interested in martial arts. I studied judo as a child, then karate. But it was only when I moved to another city in Belgium where there was a kungfu club, that I really enjoyed ...