Re: travelling to yangshuo Posted: Mon November 19, 2007 02:12 AM UTC
I was in Yangshuo a couple of weeks ago....by far my best experience in China. I would definitely recommend staying in Yangshuo over Guilin.
I took a flight from X'ian - cost me about $100. I stayed at the Moon Resort in Moon Hill village for a couple of nights for a more quite and "countyside experience" and then stayed at Morning Sun hotel off west street in Yangshuo for an additional 3 nights for the city experience. Here are some of my travel notes:
1. Moon Resort: cost 80 RMB/night. Small hotel and off the beaten path but was simply amazing. The rooms offer the best views of the peaks I have seen in Yangshuo. The hotel is run by Derrick and his wife Wei Wei and we spent the evening talking and playing cards with the couple, their little girl and Derrick's parents. Perfect cultural immersion I was looking for. Wei Wei is also a tour guide and was able to get us great discounts on just about everything. Derrick also cooks for the guests and the food ranges around 10-20 RMB depending on what you order. Derrick makes a mean beer fish - best I had in Yangshuo. Moon Resort arranged a pick up and drop off at the guilin airport - costs about 200 RMB each way. http://www.moon-resort.com
2. Morning Sun Hotel: Very clean hotel with luxury amenities and great location. 120 RMB per night. The hotel is just off West street - so we could walk to the west st in about a minute but were able to avoid the noise. http://morningsunhotel.com/
3. Restaurants: food on the west street is a little more expensive - about 25 - 30 RMB per dish. We found a hole-in-the-wall restaurant called Cao's Kung Fu Wonton that had most dishes for 5 RMB and tasted very good. Their best dish is fried dumplings (5 RMB). The restaurant is across from backstreet cafe.
4. Activities: Hike up to Moon Hill, caves, farmer's market, biking (go with a tour guide on this one), comorant fishing, Impression Sanjie Liu (expensive, but don't miss this). If time permits, you can visit Xinpin village and take a boat ride to see the view that is on the 20 RMB bill.
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