Yangshuo

We travelled from Guilin on a bus for a few hours to a place called Yangshuo, which is pretty popular for backpackers because of its scenery. We stayed there for a week, which was nice and we didn't have to rush around so much or see a sight and leave for somewhere else the same day.

The day after arrival we went on a half day rock climbing trip, which was absolutly amazing. Dave managed Very Severe (VS), Sam managed Hard Very Severe (HVS) and Jack managed an Extreme 2 (E2). In the English gradibg system, after HVS they go from E1-E10, so for our first climb outdoors it was pretty good.

The nexy day we did a bamboo raft trip fown the Yulong river, where we saw some great scenery, then we did a boat ride down the Li River, which was more or less the same as the raft apart from you were on a boat instead. Then for the next 2 days we just hired bikes and went to see some of the local sights like Moon Hill which we climbed to the top of up soem very muddy clay formed path. On the first day we hired the bikes Dave and Jack decided to hire the 'tandem' bike and the lyrics 'dont you look sweet upon a seat of a bicycle made for two' springs to mind.

Then we travelled back to Guilin to get the sleeper train to Shaghai the following day.