Another year is almost gone by. Yangshuo this year had a better time then last year without any big event or natural disaster like last year. The town is growing into one of the prime tourist destinations in China, not only for foreigners but also for local Chinese tourists who more and more find their way to the idyllic karst mountains of Guilin/Yangshuo.

We expect next year to be even busier. And if you are already organizing your journey to China, keep in touch with us, book in advance, because we expect to have a full agenda for 2010.

Rest me to wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year 2010



What is the content of our Yangshuo Newsletter? Here we go!

• Christmas in Yangshuo
• Paradesa Yangshuo Resort
• Build your own business based on a website like Pulau-Pangkor.com
• The Ultimate Guide to Free Lodging
• Bus to Yangshuo and Guilin
• Teaching in Yangshuo

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Paradesa Yangshuo Resort
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The Paradesa Yangshuo Resort in the center of Yangshuo town is one of the oldest in town. Located at the entrance of West Street, it's one of the best locations to stay in town and still away from the crowds. Although not a 5 star, it was for many years until recently by fat the most expensive and luxurious hotel in town. And still it is popular. Here is why:

- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/paradesa-yangshuo-resort.html



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Build your own business based on a website like Yangshuo-travel-guide.com
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Recently I got an email of someone telling me the Yangshuo website was nice but how would I make any money with "just giving" information? "And if you make money, where is the scam?" Of course there is no scam. It's perfectly possible to earn money with a website without scamming!

You bet I make the money with "just information". The whole principle of our website is to deliver decent information required by visitors that leads to a sale. The sale can be anything, a hotelroom, an ebook, a piece of bicycle or diving equipment through EBay.

But how to build? Do you need a flashy looking website? Do you need to hire a professional web designer? To be honest, most web designers do known how to make a beautiful LOOKING website but do NOT know how to make the website sell.

I spend zero dollars on promotion, even better, Mr. Google pays me every month a handsome amount of money for the quality of my website. And what I can do, YOU can do. And no, it's no scam. Here's what AJ from Love-for-roses.com wrote in the SBI forums about the price of SBI, which some people think is way too high....:

"I renewed my roses site a few days ago, which cost me nz$470 at todays exchange rate. I did some rough comparisons to how much that cost, compared to another non SBI site (I can't use SBI for this one, I need databases and some other stuff).

domain and hosting: $160 a year (all prices are in my NZ dollars)
I have to purchase more bandwidth. I think that's going to be an extra $120 a year. Otherwise I run the risk of paying BIG dollars for each MB that I go over my limit. The price you pay for more visitors eh?
I also have off site storage space as no more room for all my images and videos. Im nearly at my limit of how much I can store in my folders, and I dont have any more upgrade options....which means buying more space rather than a higher end plan. Another $120 a year
I forget how much my getresponse mailout stuff is, I think around $200 a year.
I'm going to get a 1 month subscription to wordtracker for this site (can't use the sbi brainstormer, as its against the TOU). Thats $100 in NZ $.... The full year is us$399

So to all those people who say sbi is way overpriced and you only need cheap hosting and a $5 domain name. My costs are about $800 a year, compared to $470 with my SBI site. And the fact that my site is down regularly for server updates etc. That really annoys me.
Cheers, AJ "

You may want to read his post in the SBI forums. http://forums.sitesell.com/posting.php?mode=quote&p=742802 (login name and password: pulau-pangkor.com

AJ is a respected SBI user, involved in the new templates soon be available in Sitesell. In other words, he's not just the guy next door in this sense.



- http://specialprize.sitesell.com/webselling64290.html

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The Ultimate Guide to Free Lodging
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Who wouldn't want free hotel rooms! Crazy? A Scam? No way. The system, strange enough maybe, it works!

The Ultimate Guide To Free Lodging

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Bus to Yangshuo and Guilin
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I get regular emails from people asking me about the transport options to Yangshuo. They might have overlooked our Bus to Yangshuo and Guilin and transport pages. It might be good to bring them again under the attention:

- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/travel-to-yangshuo.html
- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/bus-to-yangshuo.html

And our trains sections:

- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/trains-in-china.html

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Teaching in Yangshuo/China
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Travelers are always looking for a way to increase their finances. Teaching is since long a way to increase the content of your wallet. In Yangshuo there are many schools in need for foreign teachers. If you are interested, please look at this page for more information about the how, what and where...

- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/teaching-in-yangshuo.html