Comments on: The Stone Forest, on a tour guide

By: KV

KV — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:42:14 +0000

Hey, hilarious stuff! I have still not experienced the Chinese Tours -thing that my friends recommend with honest grin in their faces…:-D

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:50:30 +0000

ohmygosh, hilarious blog! I am going to Yunnan province in October…on a Chinese tour… oh gosh, I think I’m in for an adventure. Thanks for the fun read!

By: daeguowl

daeguowl — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:54:56 +0000

Lonely Planet told me which rocks to touch… :)

By: scouseroochi

scouseroochi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:54:13 +0000

i’m surprised you missed out on a ‘close up’ of the shoes on the guy in the group pic./

By: Swiss James

Swiss James — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:37:29 +0000

daeguowl- if you went without a tour guide how would you know which rocks to touch?

I think in fairness to the tour group way of travelling, entrance to the stone forest alone would have been 100RMB, so it is good value for money. The tea was much cheaper than in a supermarket too.

By: crazytina

crazytina — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:21:08 +0000

here is really a fun place to see
^__________^

By: daeguowl

daeguowl — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:23:41 +0000

The Stone Forest was pretty cool…but if you’re on a tour presumably you’re constantly being chivvied along and don’t have time to just wonder around absorbing it…

By: dingle

dingle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:03:00 +0000

I’ve had the misfortune of attending a few of these tours, the people who organise them should be slowly grated and thrown into a vat of salt.

By: WoAi

WoAi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:50:25 +0000

Yeah pretty standard Chinese tour but it’s not always that bad. The guide we went with was fine if we bought or not, certainly not pushy and anyway, when you’re on holiday you want to spend some money to bring stuff back for friends so it was ok.

By: shopgirl

shopgirl — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:32:08 +0000

yes, NEVER go with tourbus, they basically earn money from the commission of those companies that they take you to. and if you don’t buy they get pissed off… (but we didnt buy when we went with a private car to some tea place on the mountain) and the driver dropped us out and didnt want to take us back to the city.