China’s Guangxi region isn’t known for its shopping or its bustling cities. Instead, you’ll find idyllic countryside, the best of which is Yangshuo county. Better still, it’s totally underrated in ...

Better known as Monkey Jane, Lai Zhengxiu began catering to the needs of backpackers following the “banana pancake trail” from Southeast Asia to China’s Guangxi region in 2005, when she opened a ...

The muddy waters of the Li River churn in the erratic wind that blows in. The weather is unusually inclement for a summer evening. Dark clouds hover above the pointed ridges of the Karst mountains to ...

YANGSHUO, China — With both hands gripping a pole, Deng Hongyou rowed a bamboo raft carrying a couple and their 2-year-old daughter down the quiet Yulong River one morning. Hills of karst rock shaped ...

Lijiang River is a shining light among China's tourist attractions and the highlight of Guilin's sightseeing tour. The 83-kilometer journey from Guilin to Yangshuo is an endless symphony of bizarre ...

Graded as China's hardest route to date, She Diao has vaulted Shegeng Cave in this remote corner of Guangxi into the world's ...

YANGSHUO, China — A search for iconic China often takes tourists to the Great Wall in the north and the archaeological pits of the terra-cotta warriors in the nation’s midsection. But for a glimpse of ...

For urban dwellers who are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city and dream of a break in a remote corner of the world, Yangshuo, a rural Chinese town in southern China, might be the perfect ...