The Zen Tea House, Guilin, China No.8 Shijiayuan Road, Qixing District, Guilin, China 541001 Every now and again if I really like a place I like to recommend it, this is such a case. The Zen Tea House is a bit hidden in a backstreet which is a good thing, not so noisy and you have a nice view over one of the many Li River branches. It is located in the heart of Guilin. While we don’t mind…
When you come with low expectations to a place, it’s likely you get pleasantly surprised. So it was with Guilin. A Canadian couple we had met in Mongolia had told us, Guilin wouldn’t really be worth staying long, we should quickly find our way to nearby Yangshou, which was supposed to be much more beautiful. But it turned out, the city is actually quite nice, it’s a small town (well, for China anyway, only roundabout five million inhabitants), and…
Shanghai is all you would expect from a modern city of 24+ million people. It’s huge, vibrant, noisy, sometimes smelly and chaotic especially the traffic (seems to be normal in China). Depending on the size your wallet you can spend any amount of time here without getting bored. Food comes in all shapes and sizes from cheap but good street food to more expensive upper class restaurants which can still be quite affordable, but you also have the extremes for people…
