Thursday 31st October

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Gosh it’s Halloween back home.

The way to see Yangshuo and the surrounding villages is by bike and rafting on the Li River and the Yu Long river, which is the nearest to our hotel.
Today we took bikes from the hotel and cycled into Yangshuo town which is about 3 km. The town has its tourist district so we headed for that. Lots of restaurants and shops and cobbled streets and little lakes. The main road “West Street” leads down to the Li River.
Yangshuo is a tourist destination, mainly for the Chinese, although there are quite a few Europeans around. As we have found for ourselves it is not the easiest place to get to, so is not really on the map for most European tour operators, which is ok by us.

Yangshuo but not the tourist area
Yangshuo but not the tourist area
West Street
West Street
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Lake in town
Lake in town
Li  River
Li River

The attraction to this part of China are the limestone “Karsts” which were formed in the same way as Halong Bay in Vietnam but these are on land not out at sea.
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Another pit stop
Another pit stop

Headed out of town to find the scenic route back to the hotel along the Yu Long river. Bums really sore now but made it back ok.

Bums beginning to ache
Bums beginning to ache
Bamboo rafts along the Yu Long river
Bamboo rafts along the Yu Long river
A misty view at the end of the day from our hotel balcony
A misty view at the end of the day from our hotel balcony
Another view from our balcony, such contrasts.
Another view from our balcony, such contrasts.

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