Today marks our departure from Yangshuo, and we are very sad to be leaving such a beautiful place. The Yangshuo mountain retreat is the nicest hotel I have stayed at and the staff were so welcoming, we even received a free water flask as a thank you for staying. Before our flight to Chengdu we stopped at the Reed flute caves, one of the largest nature caves in Guilin. The stalagmites/tites had formed over millions of years and created amazing shapes. The only di...

This evening we arrived in Guilin and were met by our tour guide Summer who transfered us to our hotel. On the drive we saw the tall limestone mountains which were very pretty, but our attention was drawn to the large number of moped drivers. They would weave in and out of the cars and nudge their way out at junctions, some even had passengers as young as 18 months sat by their feet. We thought Hong Kong was strange but we stand corrected, we have an all day tou...