Wandering Fel

1. Shop for Chinese silk and cloth

The cloth in China are often made from silk. There are different grades of silk so there are clothes for every budget level. The best one can cost a bomb though.

2. Shop for souvenirs

Keychains, fridge magnets, pencils and all kind of stationeries can be found here in Xi Jie Shopping Street. The most common ones are the mascot panda from Beijing Olympic back in 2008. 

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3. Try out food that you never heard before

Has anyone tried eating Blacksmith Beef before? If not, this will be a good chance for you to try one here in Xi Jie Shopping Street. After all, the store owner did mention that "no good no pay". Although in reality, I would think that the store owner will at least scold you if you do not pay. 

4. Get drunk but don't drive

Or you can get drunk later at your hotel room after you bought this bottle of Chinese wine. The alcohol level in these drink is pretty high. Some Chinese martial arts movies even show people who can fight after drinking these alcohol (the Drunken Master, anyone?).

5. Enjoy the surrounding mountainous scenery

Xi Jie Shopping Street is surrounded by Chinese natural beauty, the mountains. You can simply take a walk and enjoy the beautiful view of the mountains and the lake here. 

There are quite a number of restaurants around the shopping street (including McDonald's) and these restaurants open quite late until just before midnight. Some of the bars and clubs stay open until the last guests leave. What a dedication indeed. XD

The shopping district is surrounded by mountains. The mountains in China do resemble those mountains depicted in the martial arts movie and Kungfu Panda. They do look pretty majestic too.

The main shopping street of Xi Jie looks very orderly and surprisingly clean (this does not come often in China). The crowd is also quite okay that day so we don't really have to walk and bump into someone else for every few steps. You will be able to find a lot of things to see here from food, souvenirs, cloths and drinks. 

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To maintain the order, there is a small police station spotted in Xi Jie. It looks kinda cute. Hahaha.

Xi Jie is also known as "foreigners street". We were quite amazed when we heard an elderly Chinese women spoke to the customer in English. A lot of stores in Xi Jie have bilingual shop signs too. I guess I should not feel shocked when I see that there is a Russian shop in the middle of Xi Jie. This shop is just one of the many stores which have been opened by foreigners who have settled here in Yangshuo.

You can hire a bicycle to wander in Xi Jie. As a local saying goes: 'no bike, no Yangshuo.' But that day, we prefer to just walk in our pace while happily looking around each stores in Xi Jie. 

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