After a 10 hour sleeper bus, we arrived in yangshou at 4AM in the morning. The manager of the hostel we are staying in hasseled us into buying some tours off him. We did a an intense day of cycling during which we climbed the hill in the picture above and went in to an underwater cave where there was a mud bath and hot springs. Yangshou is a very scenic place with otherwordly natural beauty, despite the mass of karaoke obsessed chinese tourists. The next day was spent on a bamboo raft floating down the li river. The public bus we used to get there was so full that the drivers assistant handed out plastic chairs for people to sit on in the aisles.
Climbing in Yangshou was also really fun, although a little scary at times. This made us want to do a lot more outdoor climbing if we get the chance and have the money. Overall yangshou was a really good place to start china as a lot of people spoke english and menus were all easy to read.
Yangshou Photos
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