Birds around Yangshuo (4)
Kingfisher (Alcedo Atthis) When you're floating on a bamboo raft down the Yulong River you often see a blue spot bulleting just above the...
Lotus Flower
The Lotus is one of the most iconic flowers of China. Grown in muddy swamps and risen above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty,...
To pool or not to pool?
When guests ask about our pool, I point them at the tree bark covered space where our pool table is standing. Generally they get very...
Birds around Yangshuo (3)
Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa Erythrorhyncha) One of the coolest birds here is this noisy but beautiful magpie. With it's long white...
The ruins at Stone Village
A few days ago I saw a post from NatureScanner on Facebook of an abandoned village in China where nature is taking over the now empty...
Birds around Yangshuo (2)
I noticed there is not much to find on the internet about birds you can see around Yangshuo (apart from Cormorants). It is actually a...
Flowers in Outside Inn's garden
The location of The Outside Inn is one of the most natural and quiet in the Yangshuo area. At the back of a small village, right at the...
Birds around Yangshuo (1)
As I said in yesterday's post, while walking the Hobbit trail you will hear a lot of birds. Now there are actually many different kind of...
The Hobbit Trail through the Lost World
The landscape around Yangshuo Outside Inn is spellbinding with the Yulong River snaking through the rice fields flanked by the surreal...
