jamesholst

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Posted by jamesholst | 3rd August 2007

Mike left me in Chengdu with 10 days left to get to Hong Kong for my flight back home. We had deviated substantially from my original mental route and I decided that another domestic flight was a better option than giving up 2 days of travel to get back on track. So I flew to Guilin, which is a 13 hour bus ride northwest of Hong Kong.

Just south of Guilin is Yangshuo, which is a small town surrounded by serene rivers and green limestone peaks. It's a bit of a backpacker's haven with lots of restaurants trying their meager hand at western dishes. Nineteen different accommodations in 3 weeks left me a little travel weary and eager to stay put for at least a few days. Yangshuo was a good place for that, scenic and accessible. I spent my second day floating down the river in a bamboo raft, riding a bicycle into the rural farming community, and hiking up a modest peak. Outlying villages in the area promised for good day trips, but I would need a guide as roads were poorly marked a

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