I got to experience something last night that I thought I would only read about in travel books or see on tv. I was with 5 Chinese speakers, so of course that's the reason why. Hopefully, this is only the first of many...Yesterday was Dimple's last day in Yangshuo so we, Eric, Vincent, Alex, Dimple and Robin, all went out. We took a bamboo raft on the Li River for around an hour or so. The lady said the price was 10 kuai per person, but after 15 or so minutes of Alex and Robin's bargaining skills, they got it down to 6 kuai (under $1). This is a pretty touristy spot and activity, but it was definitely still a pretty cool thing to do. Here's Alex and Robin working the price.
We walked around asking for prices at a few restaurants, but being as we were in a very popular spot of town they were really expensive(probably more than $4 or $5 per person). The students started talking to a lady on the street with a brochure of the Liu Sanjie Impression. (link- http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/liu-sanjie-show.html) It's directed by Zhang Yimou who also directed the opening of the Olympics. General admission tickets are near 200 kuai, but this woman said she would take us to her house where they would cook us dinner and we could see the play for only 20 kuai each. She made a call on her cell phone for a car, and a few minutes later a 3-wheeled motorized rickshaw type truck picked us up and all 7 of us piled in.
Once we got to the farmhouse, they told us that 20 kuai each was only for the play and that dinner would be another 100 kuai extra (total for the group). TIC. A little of the ol bait and switch. This really made the students mad. They argued with the people for at least 30 minutes trying to get a better price and telling them how they 'cheated' us. Alex said that he believes when a person does something bad to someone that his god will put shame on them and something bad will happ
en to them in return. We did have an awesome meal though- snails, beer fish, tofu, vegetables, soup, and rice, all for about $2 apiece. The play was really cool, we sat on the opposite bank of the river from the seating area but still had a 
great view and even better food. One of the 
pictures has an arrow drawn to where we were.
en to them in return. We did have an awesome meal though- snails, beer fish, tofu, vegetables, soup, and rice, all for about $2 apiece. The play was really cool, we sat on the opposite bank of the river from the seating area but still had a 
great view and even better food. One of the 
pictures has an arrow drawn to where we were. 
More to come
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enjoyed the post dude....that looks pretty awesome...i like the look of those snails
ReplyDeleteThis fascinates me. Very interesting stuff. Good food. Good entertainment. Good company.
ReplyDeletekeep taking food pictures. i love the look of that food, getting hungry now.
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