Yangshuo, one last Chinese Adventure

In Yangshuo I had a wonderful time. I am even thinking of hosting a trip there for climbers (anyone interested?) I am serious, and think it could be a lot of fun to get some friends to come.

The first picture is Guilin, which is a nice city, but a city. The limestone is nice, but as you spend more time in the area, you realize it can get much better. I heard of a boat down the river, and tried to get to the river via motorcycle taxi because I figured I could get a ride on any old boat, rather than the expensive tourist boat, which has a monopoly due to "safety".



My driver spoke no english, but tried to help me when I was proven wrong, and could not get a ride on the river. I was determined to get to Yangshuo somehow. We tried the boat below, and I took several pictures of the ride, as can be seen from the next few fotos.






I eventually had to catch a bus we flagged down on the street. I ended up in Yangshuo, found a cheap place, and wandered about. In the morning, I rented a bike, though it was sort of raining and I got quite muddy.


It was very fun biking about, with many nice views.

For instance, everywhere was like below, with rice patties and such. Note, it isn't very easy riding between rice patties, and quite scary really.

I ended up going climbing with some locals. It was a lot of fun, though my hands were out of shape and gear was bad. I took them out for some szechuan food, and we played this fun feather sack kicking game.

This is the cliff we climbed.

In Yangshuo itself, there is a market, and if you pass behind it, by several houses, there is a trail to the tv tower. I took this trail just before leaving, and had splendid views and complete solitude, within the town itself.

This last image, was taken in a market in my last day there, beside it was a cage full of live dogs as well.