Things to see and do in YangShuo 阳朔 and GuiLin 桂林

Lotus Lane is a charming place to wander and a lively place in the evening to dine and listen to live music ... Often mis-named as HouHai, which is actually another lake immediately to the north, these lakes form part of ShiChaHai, once the docks at the northern end of the Grand Canal from HangZhou. To the south lies BeiHai and JingShan Parks and to the north, the Drum and Bell Towers; east from there lies NanLuoGuXiang, a largely pedestrianized hutong filled with craft and speciality shops and cafes.

Four mates set out for a stroll ... well, actually a walk - a very, very long walk ... across a myriad of disparate and stunning landscapes ... and discover that home can be, in many ways, wherever we happen to be right now ... Places visited include: Urumqi, Kanas, Burqin, Kuytun, Yiling, Salimuhu, Narati, Xinyang, Korla, Kucha, Aksu, Kashgar, Tashkurkan, Taklamakan, Karakoram, Turpan, Hami, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Xian, Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Guilin An awesome film .

This ancient town lies south of ShangHai in ZheJiang province. A great film by Sticker Travel ...

XiShuangBanNa located in the south of YunNan province, south China, is a charming international eco-tourism resort on the reaches of the Mekong river (known as the LanCang river in China), bordering with Laos and Myanmar, and adjacent to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Esteemed for its captivating tropical landscapes and exotic cultures of the 13 native minorities, this land is home to China's largest tropical rainforest and abundant biological resources, and the Dai Water Splashing Festival (which lasts for three days from April 13 to 15).

'Nine Villages Valley' in SiChuan province ...

Huge, impressive show, 8pm every day; and free !

Awesome feel-good dance video ... Locations: The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the "Bird's Nest" Beijing National Stadium, QianHai - HouHai, the Temple of Heaven, ZhongShan Park and The Place mall. Music：the fantastic Pink Martini - "Wo Yao Ni De Ai  我要你的爱"  (I Want You, To Be My Baby) http://swingbeijing.

Plus a little Jive. ChengDu, SiChuan province. Excerpts from the selection of the national squad that will go to Beijing for the WDSF World Championship September 2012. Plus, an awesome feel-good dance video from Swing BeiJing. Locations: The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the “Bird’s Nest” Beijing National Stadium, QianHai – HouHai, the Temple of Heaven, ZhongShan Park and The Place mall.

Provincial capital of AnHui. Bonus film - HeFei University of Technology ...

Extraordinary peaks tower above rolling clouds ... AnHui province.