As I am a Shanghai-based Kango, my fellow Kangos asked me to suggest places to visit in China for our readers who plan to travel to China for the Beijing Olympics Games in 2008.

I am sharing my trip to Yangshuo, a city in Guangxi province (in red circle on above map) made in 2003. Yangshuo is located in the northeast of Guangxi province and about 65 km away from Guilin City. Peter Van who has bicycled from Holland to China and lived in Yangshuo for some time claimed: “As a tourist destination, there are few places in Asia more popular then Yangshuo.” Yangshuo made its popularity in 1980s when many foreign backpackers were drawn there by an introduction in the Lonely Planet guidebook. After two decades, it is now an ideal getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life, a place for fresh countryside air, a place to taste the exotic flavors of China and a place for Chinese locals to glimpse a foreign lifestyle without crossing the border.

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