Welcome back to our Yangshuo News. It's been really busy which explains why our newsletter is a little later then we were expecting to send out. For this edition we found some interesting subjects. Our guide in Yangshuo was not able to attend the Ching Ming festival with her family but she send us a story and photos which shows how the people in Pudi village celebrate this very important festival.

We also found a very new and very promising website which is very useful for foreigners visiting China. As usual we would love to hear your stories and comments, so feel fee to ad your Yangshuo adventures on

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/yangshuo-travel-stories.html#You

What do we have in this second edition of our newsletter?

• Ching Ming in Yangshuo
• New Yangshuo stories
• Advertisement: Timeshare
• Temple festival in Pudi
• Advertise on Yangshuo Travel Guide.com
• New Website: Foreigner in China
• Jessie's holiday in Thailand
• Meeting with a Chinese cyclist

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Ching Ming in Yangshuo
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Every year the Chinese people worldwide celebrate Ching Ming. It's one of the most important festivals for them. This year our guide and tour operator Jessie was not able to join her family for the Ching Ming as she was on tour. However, her brother send us some photos of the celebration.

We have written a page about what Ching Ming is and how Jessie's family celebrated it this year

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/ching-ming.html

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New Yangshuo stories
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Sofie Ivan, Christae, Peter Ivan. Malthios, Malli and Bert Ivan did a 4 day tour with Jessie, here's their comments:

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/exploring-yangshuo-with-jessie.html

Pearly from Penang Malaysia send us a story about how deep love can go:

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/love-ladder-of-china.html

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Temple festival in Pudi village
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Since 1999 the people of Pudi village celebrate annually the rebuilding of the village temple. What started as a small celebration is grown into a real festival day with basketball, Chinese Opera and much more. People from surrounding villages come and the town is packed with people.

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/temple-festival.html

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Advertise on Yangshuo Travel Guide.com
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http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/advertise.html

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New Website: Foreigner in China
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A new website came to my attention: Foreigner in China,com. The website gives some very useful background info about Chinese culture, religion and a few travel tips. It's a young and (if you ask me) very promising website.

http://www.foreigners-in-china.com/

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Jessie's holiday in Thailand
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Jessie Lu is our very valued guide and operator in Yangshuo. During the year Jessie is busy to guide people around Yangshuo. Early January, Jessie went to Thailand to experience the other side: she became the customer using a local guide in Thailand. Here's Jessie's experience using local guides in Thailand:

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/thailand-trip-jessie.html

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A meeting with a Chinese cyclist
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A few years ago I was on my way to Yangshuo. At the time of this story I was still in Yunnan when I met a Chinese cyclist. He had cycled all the way from the far north west of China, Yining (near Urumqi) along the borders of China. He showed me some pictures of him with an icebeard which, unfortunately I can not show here. But this guy had an amazing journey, using a cheap and lousy Chinese made bicycle. One of the last real adventurers as I recall. Here's the story.

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/chinese-stories.html

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