Le Guide Bleu Chine du Sud-Ouest déconseille de se rendre en Août dans le Guizhou et le Guangxi (page 28 : "Evitez le mois d'août au ciel maussade; la région est couverte en permanence d'une couche nuageuse"
Merci à celles et ceux qui ont déjà visité ces provinces en Août de me faire un retour d'expérience
Il y a 3 ans, au Guizhou en Août en dehors de 3 vraies journées de pluie, quelques routes coupées, le reste sous un ciel plutôt clément, et une température très agréable (pas trop chauce) car on est souvent en altitude... et quelle belle région !
Bonjour
Nous partons également en août dans ces régions et d'aprés nos recherches il faut s'attendre à des pluies certes mais pas des journées entières à la file !
On a l'habitude de voyager pendant la saison des pluies (Inde, Cambodge, Malaisie, Vietnam) et nous n'avons jamais eu de longues période de pluie mais plutot des orages en fin de journée...
On croise les doigts et vous nous ferons le bilan fin août....
Merci de votre réponse et bon voyage
Nous attendons avec impatience votre bilan de voyage
De notre côté nous avons reporté en 2010 notre périple dans le sud de la Chine; cette année ce sera http://www.edelo.net/routedelasoie
Cordialement
Bonjour
Depuis notre retour de Chine, les semaines ont passées et notre commentaire s'est fait attendre !
Je profite de donc de vous faire un petit résumé.
Nous avons eu de la chance car en 3 semaines nous avons eu 2 fois 2... heures de pluie uniquement !
Notre périple nous a amené de Bejing début août, chaud et humide avec un ciel voilé en permanence mais pas trop génant. Le Palais d'été nous a beaucoup séduit. La grande muraille à l'est de Beijing et ensuite Xian avec son impressionant armée de terre cuite.
Le 7 août nous sommes arrivé au Guizhou à Guiyang et aussitôt à Kaili. Ville trés agréable où le contact avec les Chinois est plus facile qu'à Beijing ! On a même jouer au ping pong avec eux dans la rue, sympa. puis nous sommes allé a une ville à ne pas manquer : Zhenyuan !!! Un bijou, vraiment une ville agréable et trés trés belle. De là une croisière sur la rivière Wuyang sympa mais pas extraodinaire.
Puis nous sommes allé à Xijiang village de maison en bois assez traditionnel. Pas mal de touristes mais dans cette province ce sont des touristes chinois ! donc ce n'est pas trop pesant. Joli village donc où il fait bon flaner et se promener dans les rizières avoisinantes.
De xijiang nous sommes allé à Rongjiang mais la route fût un peu longue car la plus courte était coupée à cause des coulées de boue et effrondrements de routes. pas grand chose à voir ou faire dans cette ville...
Direction Zhaoxing, en passant par de charmant villages. Zhaoxing est assez magique, trés bien préservé (un peu trop diront certains car les chinois adorent quand ça brille !) superbes balades et ne ratez pas le spectacles des chanteuses Dong ! Notre premier orage fût là bas.
8 jours donc dans le Guizhou que l'on a beaucoup appréciés.
Ensuite nous sommes allé à Longji prés de Longsheng dans le Guangxi. Superbe panoramas, grandiose vraiment !Goûtez à leur specialité cuisson dans des tiges de bambous, succulant !
Ensuite direction Guilin, ville trés agréable qui mérite une bonne halte. On est resté un jour mais on serait bien restés plus longtemps !
Croisière sur la rivière Li, le must bien sûr !! Paysage a couper le soufle, à ne pas louper.
Pas mal de bateaux certes mais on est en Chine...
Une bonne halte aussi à Yangshuo est un must, pas mal de touristes c'est vrai mais beaucoup d'opportunités de se balader autour à travers des paysages majestueux.
A vélo ou petit bteau de bambous... partez tôt pour éviter la foule !
A ne pas manquer : le sepctacle son et lumière par celui qui a fait l'ouverture des jeux olympiques, spectacles de rêve, ça vaut vraiment le détour !
Puis nous sommes partis pour Shanghai, ville qui nous a déçu car nous sommes plus attirés par la chine traditionnelle que moderne avec en sus notre 2ème orage !
Nous aurions dû finir par Beijing car les marchés sont beaucoup plus atypiques qu'à Shanghai !
En résumé un superbe voyage et nous ne regrettons pas d'avoir choisi le Guizhou et le Guangxi ! Comparé aux autres pays asiatique le contact est beaucoup plus difficile non pas à cause de la langue mais ils ne sont pas curieux et sont assez désintéressés de ce qui est en dehors du pays... Néanmoins quand le contact se fait c'est trés chaleureux. Leur indicipline vous surprendra provoquant des anecdotes pour sûr !
Voilà, si vous avez des questions, n'hésitez pas bien sûr...
En tout cas nous vous recommandons cette destination et le soleil vous suivra la plupart du temps !
Bon voyage
en dehors de 3 vraies journées de pluie,
quelques routes coupées, l
le reste sous un ciel plutôt clément,
et quelle belle région !
Lorsque l'on se "cantonne" aux routes et aux lieux très "touristiques" (Zhaoxing, Xijiang...) oui cette description suffit.
Mais si l'on veut aller au delà alors après une pluie, ou simplement de la bruine, il ne ne suffit plus d'un " ciel clément" ... il faut aussi que le sentier (Qui ne mérite pas toujours ce nom) ne soit plus glissant (Vu certaine déclivités entres autres)
Pour aller à Gaopai (http://membres.multimania.fr/gaopai voir ce festival Guzang jie qui a lieu tous les treize ans
http://www.tvtour.com.cn/uc/space--do-dv-dvid-4778-type-1.html )
il ne pleuvait pas mais il n'y avait aucune route et au cours de mes 9 heures de marche il a commencé à bruiner... juste un peu mais longtemps. Je suis tombé plusieurs fois tant le sol était glissant. La dernière fois j'ai glissé dans une rizière en contre-bas (Heureusement que je n'étais plus au bord du ravin)... Les neuf jours passés dans le village je me suis aidé d'un bâton pour circuler dans les "rues" du village (Le sol était très glissant mais il n'a pas vraiment plu)
Oui c'est une belle région mais il faut regarder aussi où l'on pose les pieds (A pied bien sûr... à vélo c'est différent) le climat se prolongeant dans la boue du chemin
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