It was a shock to go to the washroom for the first time in China.  It was during a stop in a rural while taking a Sleeper Bus from Hong Kong to Yangshou. The bus was equipped with a small closet washroom, but I never saw anyone use it. If the locals were not using [...]

This was a very pleasant town to hang around for a while. The scenery in the surrounding areas is really beautiful. We noticed that on the Lonely Planet site someone posted a question to experienced travelers. They asked them to name the most beautiful place they had ever traveled to. Yangshou came up on many [...]

Yangshou has a small town area that has developed for tourism. It even has a street called “West” or “Foreigner” street named for the westerners that come here. There are many restaurants and places of accommodation catering to foreign tourists. It does seem kind of strange to come all the way to China and then [...]

We got onto our bus from Hong Kong and started our journey to Shenzen, which is just across the border in China. On the bus ride out of Hong Kong we got some spectacular views of skyscrapers along the shorelines of the harbour. It was only an hour to get to the border. The difference [...]