Night Entertainment - Beijing Bar Street

(EasyTourChina.com)Most visitors go to Beijing for the Great Wall, imperial palace or the folk hutong to view the past prosperity of an ancient capital; but when you entering into the city or walking along the street at night, you will also surprised at the numerous sky-scrappers and dazzling neon lights. It is modern and fast-changing, with its unique culture backgrounds. The bars streets in Beijing are hopping at night with many other night clubs, massage parlors, tea houses and KTV. They are the most –common place for entertainment at night. So visit such place in Beijing when you travel to Beijing and experience it at night.

Sanlitun Bar Street or (San Li Tun Bar Street) is among the top-recommended for nightlife in Beijing, with many bars in varied themes there. It is the earliest bar street in Beijing, located in Embassy area; numerous bars with live music and imported beers attract a lot Chinese and foreigners flow in after the night falls. Some bars are noisy, while others offer soft music and cozy atmosphere for relaxing, like the boat, which located in a boat with romantic designs.

Another bar street is Houhai Bar Street, located on the bank of Shichahai, a beautiful lake surrounded by numerous of traditions of hutong and courtyards of Beijing. Compared to the western and modern style bars in Sanlitun, bars at Houhai present a traditional Beijing flavor by combining the feature of hutong and courtyards. I just went to a random bar and took the bear out sitting to Houhai, which is so nice with the wind blowing softly.

How to eat Beijing Roast Duck

The unique delicacy of Beijing roast duck comes from the way it being roasted and the way it being eaten. Sit in the restaurant, seeing the cook chopping the whole duck into small pieces; one can't wait to taste this famous dish in Chinese. The cuisine would come to your table with thin and small slices well-placed in the plate, together with condiments like sauce, pancake and so on. So, never miss the Beijing roast duck when tours in Beijing China.

Pick up a piece of the roast duck then taste you will feel a little bit greasy as roast duck contain some fat. In order to eat more delicious Pecking roast duck, one must use the condiments beside to fully enjoy the thin, crispy skin and tasty & tender meat of Beijing Roast Duck.

There are three ways to eat Beijing Roast Duck:

1. Use the chopsticks to get some sweet sauce on the lotus leaf-made cake, then place several slice of roast duck on it, covered with green onions, cucumber or carrot, roll the leaf and one can eat directly. This is the most common way of eating roast duck.

2. Mashed Garlic, soy sauce, radish and other condiments. Garlic could be the oily solutions; dip the roast duck piece into garlic, soy sauce, with a trace of spicy flavor offered.

3. Other people don't like the flavor of garlic or onions, they prefer the crispy duck skin by dipping the slice into thin eat sugar. This method is suitable for lady and children.

Cycling From Yangshuo to Yulong Bridge

Follow the Yu Long River until Chao Lang village. From there make the way through small villages, bumpy roads and fields leading us to the 400 year old Yulong Bridge. Although the bridge is not particularly spectacular the scenery is magnificent and there are plenty of spots to go swimming on the way. About half way to the bridge we stop at the catch-your-own fish farm have a break and enjoy catch of the day whilst admiring the beautiful scenery.

From the Yulong Bridge there are many ways back so we have listed four:

The first option takes you from the bridge to a little town nearby called Baisha. From there it is about 10 km back to Yangshuo town.

The second option is to cross the Yulong Bridge and take the dirt track heading down the river to Tongmen Hill where you can cross the river on a weir back to your hotel. This option has fantastic scenery but might take longer as the paths narrow towards the end and you may have to push the bike.

The third longer alternative takes you up river to the next much larger bridge. Cross the bridge over the river and head towards Jin Bao Town then on to Gao Tian which is south of Moon Hill. It's about 17 km from the Yulong Bridge to Gao Tian.

More Yangshuo Cycling routes here,

Bamboo Rafting on Yulong River Yangshuo

Rafting along the Yulong River is relaxing experience and makes a Guilin trip more wonderful. Visitors can get very close to nature, while sitting on the chair of raft and listening to the bird singing, watching the plants in the water and see the scenery along the banks. It is more than a paradise.