By TIM GINGRICH
Too many tourists’ luggage conceals a repressed desire to get off the beaten path. But in the southwest Chinese village of Yangshuo (阳朔), you can trade your suitcase for a backpack in an adventure that is more accessible than you might imagine.
Yangshuo is most famous for a rare geological phenomenon known as “karst [...]
“Breathtaking” is what you would say if you weren’t already speechless. Gazing at Guangxi province’s spontaneous cliffs, man-made terraces, and what Lonely Planet: China describes as “other-worldly topography,” I quickly ammended my list of China’s top destinations.
Welcome to Guilin, Yangshuo, Xingping and the village of Dazhai, located atop the Dragon’s Backbone mountainside terraces.
Over [...]
By TIM GINGRICH
Too many tourists’ luggage conceals a repressed desire to get off the beaten path.
But in southwest China’s Yangshuo village, you can trade your suitcase for a backpack in an adventure that is more accessible than you might imagine.
Yangshuo is famous for karst peaks, sharp mountains that seem to shoot straight up from the [...]
