I journeyed to Yangshou village for several days. This little village must be the Paris of China.  It is filled with sidewalk cafes and lovely little shops.  Most people just take a Li River cruise from Guilin, stop at the Crown Caves in Misty Village and then journey on to Yangshou for the afternoon and bus back to the city.  Smart cultural travelers journey to Yangshou and relax there for several days and take in all of the sites.  I enjoyed the many sights in and around this village such as Moon Cave Village and journeyed further up the Li River.  When locals found out I was an artist they took me to meet their resident artist William.  At the time he and his family lived in the local art museum dedicated to a famous early 20th century traditional Chinese landscape painter.  He took me to his restaurant and I became friends with him and his family.  He made this lovely Chinese calligraphy painting for me and then he took me to local villages where he liked to paint.  We took the boat to Fuli and then bused to Xingping. These are places I would return to paint on subsequent trips.