Thoughts on Leaving China Today I left Yangshuo for Hong Kong via Guilin (city and airport).  I’ll miss the cheap eating … up to two big beers and three ice creams per day: A 600 ml beer is CNY5 (about EUR0.50) for locals and 2-3 times the price for tourists.  There’s now a good choice […]

Today I decided to take another bike trip this time south towards the Big Banyan Tree and Moonlight Mountain.  I didn’t have a good start as the road was very busy with buses and trucks … and hence dusty.  It could have been worse as I met some people who said they were white (from […]

Big day out Today I have a cycle and rafting combo trip organised.  The man that sold it to me said I’d start by getting on a bus with the bike to an out-of-town point before rafting and cycling back.  After breakfast I picked up my mountain bike (EUR1 per day) and cycled to the […]

I slept till 1000 today.  My weariness is catching up.  Or maybe it’s because I’ve got a light case of the tummy bug.  Besides I have a beeauuutiful hotel room for about EUR 12.50 per night  just off all the eating areas  🙂 In the early afternoon, I took a bus out of town to […]

I woke up early-ish at 0645 at Cheng Yang Bridge accommodation.  Today I’m bound for Yangshuo via Guilin.  I had to first wait by the road for a bus to Sanyang where I changed promptly for Guilin.  The road was terrible en route. At Guilin it was another quick change for Yangshuo.  I arrived after […]

Based near the Cheng Yang Bridge, I walked to the a nearby Ji Chang village today.  While I enjoyed the scenery,  the highlight was the market scene in Da Zhai village along the way.  I was lucky to have struck market day. It is relatively unspoilt here and the village was unpretentious and authentic, down […]

I walked down the hill and said goodbye to the rice terraces of Ping An.  My first ride was to Longsheng, connecting to Sanjiang and then a further connection to my final destination. Three bus rides later I was at the Cheng Yang Wind and Rain Bridge, outside the town of Sanjiang.  It is pretty […]

Exploring This morning I woke to the sound of dripping on my backpack.  Then it became a torrent.  I think the family owning the hotel sleep in the loft and baby did a wee wee, or hopefully a glass of water fell over.  Fortunately I managed to leap out of bed to move my pack […]