Forgot what I said about being glad I stayed in Guilin the extra day. Yangshuo is so much better. The karst mountains are actually right beside instead of 3 kilometers away. On the bus ride here the scenery just kept getting better and better. I couldn't decide whether to look right or left.
I got into the town center and there were plenty of people offering bike rentals and tour information. Trusting one wasn't the best idea as she lead me to a different hostel and not the hostel I booked. Really glad I stuck to my guns and went to the original hostel I booked. It's off Xi Jie (noisy party street) but still only like a minute walk away from the river and Xi Jie.
Met cool German, Aussie, and Taiwanese dude and went on a river bike ride with them. They went on a fast pace and it was hard keeping up in the beginning. Took lots of awesome pictures. Went through small villages. My bike got caught in this huge pothole and did a forward 360. Luckily the dip put my feet on the ground and I just ran forward. The lanes we took were really narrow and extremely bumpy. At the end of the Yunlong River we took a bamboo raft that took about 3 hours to get back to the beginning of the path. It was the perfect ending to the afternoon. The boat driver recommended this village restaurant and we ate there. The food was actually really except there were mosquitoes all over the food and one actually laid a larva into my standing tea.
Rode back into town in the dark and it was really annoying when motorbikes and cars turned their high beams on us. Definitely lost sight of the road for a good second each time.
Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. Planning to go to a neighboring village called Fuli for their village market.
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Hehe. I planned on staying there for 3 days but ended up staying over a week. Really cool and fun place. Lot of decent western food as well!
Glad to know you are having fun.
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