People say that "the landscape of Guilin is the best in the world", which shows the uniqueness of Guilin's scenery. But the second half of the sentence - "Yangshuo's landscape is the best in Guilin." This aroused my curiosity and I wondered how beautiful the landscape could be "A Guilin, A world". So on this vacation, we booked a 4-day, 3-night free trip on Ctrip, booked a hotel and round-trip airfare to and from Guilin, and took stock of a few places to visit, so we couldn't wait to get on the road.
After getting off the plane, we arrived at Guilin Liangjiang International Airport. We then waited for almost half an hour or so for the direct airport bus to Yangshuo. The airport bus operates from 9:30 to 20:00 at night, with an average frequency of 1.5 hours. Since the bus was on highway, we arrived at our destination, Yangshuo County, very quickly. Since it was already late in the evening when we arrived, we didn't hesitate to go straight to our hotel, the Backyard Hostel, after a long day of traveling.
I have to say, the impression I got from the Backyard Hostel was really great - a quiet place in the middle of the city, located in the center of the Ten Mile Gallery, the hotel is decorated in a chic and elegant way, like an art gallery, the rooms are comfortable and clean, and the food in the restaurant is really amazing.
After a night of recuperation, early the next morning we decided to head to the nearest scenic spot, the Ten Mile Gallery.
The Ten Mile Gallery is located in the Mingyue Mountain Scenic Spot, with landscapes such as Pei Peach Dedication, Dolphin Out of the Water, Female Nuns Going Down the Mountain, Flame Mountain, Eight Precepts Sunning Their Bellies, Golden Cats Going Out of the Cave, Horse and Elephant Strange Stones, Dragon Horn Mountain, Monkey Folk Sorrows, Camel Crossing the River, Green Earl, Ancient Banyan Tree, and Beautiful Woman Combing and Dressing Up, and so on. Along the road, the strange peaks of the wonderful scenery, unique especially rocky mountains, giving people unlimited reverie; field garden color, lush bamboo and forest, picturesque, known as Yangshuo Ten Mile Gallery. It is rumored that when U.S. President Jimmy Carter came to Yangshuo tour, he learned from the security side of the front station, the Ten Mile Gallery has a lot of small scenery is particularly interesting to sit on the transportation will pass by. Carter heard, temporary to the hospitality to serve as a person to change the tour program, borrowed a few bicycles to play the Ten Mile Gallery at will. We also ride a bike along the river backward and up, all the way to enjoy the wonderful landscape, not happy.
Speaking of the Yulong River, it originates from the Guli River in Lingui District and is the longest tributary of the Li River, known as the Little Li River. Along the way we walked and stopped, arrived at the scenic spot of the Yulong River already at noon, after a simple solution of lunch, we visited the scenic spot for a few hours.
Nearing the evening, we decided to head to the next must-visit spot in Yangshuo - Yangshuo West Street.
West Street at night is said to be the most lively. The Western Street is a mix of foreign style and folklore, with no rules and exceptionally comfortable and restful! For example, take the town's stone road and the street full of English photos; Chinese-style buildings with Western-style romantic decoration; the store's most advanced computer and stereo, most likely placed on a paint peeling rural square table. West Street is almost scattered to coffee shops, T-shirt stores, and handicraft stores. So when you come to Yangshuo, you really can't afford not to visit West Street.
The restaurant that we targeted after making reference to various reviews was Sister Liu's Beer Fish Music Restaurant. We found the restaurant's main store on West Street easily under the navigation.
"A lifetime of just one pot of fish", Sister Liu's Beer Fish is an 18-year old restaurant specializing in cooking authentic beer fish. It was founded in 2001 and after more than a decade of development, it has now become a Yangshuo restaurant chain brand with 15 stores under its umbrella. As soon as you enter and sit down, you can notice that this restaurant's decoration style is different from other beer fish restaurants, very chic and stylish. We were so hungry that we couldn't wait to order the beer fish and other small dishes.
The sauce of Sister Liu's Beer Fish originates from Guangxi's intangible cultural heritage. Beer Fish is cooked with live fish caught from the Li River, freshly killed and cooked with onions, tomatoes, chili peppers and other ingredients, which makes it colorful and flavorful, and the fish meat is fresh and tasty.
The aroma of the fish emanated everywhere during the wait, causing us to feel that the wait was particularly long. Although a steady stream of guests entered the restaurant, the food actually came up in about ten minutes. Yangshuo specialty beer fish, honey pepper ribs, tea-scented shrimp in Qixianfeng, mountain and sea family... Each dish is very much a local specialty, and they're all really worth trying.
This free trip to Yangshuo is full and wonderful. This wonderful city, this wonderful trip, I will always keep in my mind.