Yangshuo truly left a lasting impression, though not entirely for the right reasons. After getting off the high-speed train, we had to queue with everyone else for a bus to the county town, which took about an hour since the train station is quite a distance away. From the county town, it was another 20-minute ride in the hotel's car. Upon arrival, we were pleasantly surprised when the hotel upgraded our room because we were on our honeymoon – a really thoughtful gesture! We had initially planned to stay for two nights but ended up extending for an extra night, and that's where the trouble began!
The hotel is located within a scenic area and has its own restaurant. So, for our last day, we decided to just relax at the hotel. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant, ordering two dishes in particular: dry-fried mushrooms and crispy rice with beef. We're not sure which one was the culprit, but shortly after returning to our room, my husband started feeling nauseous. We didn't think much of it at first. Then, around 1 AM, he began to suffer from severe vomiting and diarrhea. By 5 AM, I started vomiting too, about seven or eight times in total. The next day, I couldn't move without feeling like I was going to throw up again.
The hotel did offer to make us some millet porridge, but we couldn't stomach anything. By the afternoon, we couldn't take it anymore and asked the hotel to take us to the county hospital. The doctor asked about our symptoms and, after hearing our accents, simply concluded it was 'water and soil incompatibility' (meaning our bodies weren't used to the local environment). But 'water and soil incompatibility' for both of us at the same time? My husband refused to have blood drawn at such a small hospital, so we just left it at that.
We definitely won't be coming back to this place. Just thinking about it makes my stomach hurt. That's why it took me about 10 days after getting back to even write this review.
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