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Robert Wu -From Hong Kong
Re: Accommodation in Yangshuo
Saturday July 12 19:54:42 2003 UTC
A: Two years ago, my wife and I checked into an inn on West Street but were disappointed. The price was not outrageous, but we expected more than a small room with a small window opened to a noisy street. A local tour guide suggested that we try a new inn that would please us. After a little searching, we found it and rented a room immediately. It was a little piece of paradise for us.
The inn was a small three story house by the pristine Dragon River and had 10 rooms only. One side of the ground floor was the dining room, and the other side was a training room for rock climbing and team building excercises. We rented the best room in the center of the second floor. The large room was tastefully sparse, with the big picture windows curtained in thin white transluscent fabric. It had the feel of California.
When we drew back the curtain and stepped out to the balcony, we were flabagasted. The pristine gurgling river was at our feet, then lush rice paddies and bamboo clusters extended to the horizon. We counted 27 karst peaks among the paddies, making the view a signature Guilin scene.  We saw no motorcycles, smelled no pollution, and heard no blaring horns. Just a lone farmer and his ox working in a distant field. Ay night, we saw the faint lights of scattered farm houses a mile away.
This was the most beautiful inn we ever stayed in in China. To us, it was the definition of the word serendipity.
OK, I am giving you the particulars:
Yangshuo Mountain Retreat;
Address: Wang Gong Shan Jiao, Feng Lou Cun Wei, Gao Tian, Yangshou.
Web site: http://www.yangshuoholiday.com/hotels/ys_mountain_retreat.htm
Phone: 0773 2887305 2887306
Fax: 0773 2887310
Billy was the online manager of this travel agency, very nice person, ask for him:
Email: billyzeng@sinowaytravel.com
Our room costed 180 yuans a night, but we would have gladly paid 300 or more for the unique experience. And we had a memorable dish of stewed pumpkins. It was a simple dish, and yet we remember it fondly and vividly after two years.
Enjoy!
Rober Wu
HONG KONG
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