Today we went to Yangdi, a small village north of Yangshuo. Our purpose was to ride one of the rafts down the river Li. The ride took just over an hour to get from Yangdi to Xingping, but was one filled with jaw dropping scenery. The horizon is filled by peaked mountains that make you feel as if you are watching something on National Geographic. It's truly a spectacular sight and something so far away from the familiar that it's quite hard to digest. The boat rid...

Our first full day in Yangshuo, after arriving late last night, we plunged straight into the must-do list. After a fantastic Chinese breakfast comprised of Guilin noodle soup and dumplings we hired some bikes and hit the road. We rode to the YuLong river which lurks on the other side of Yangshuo, away from the Li river, and continued to ride up the river bank. Today was a scorcher though, so it wasn't long before we stopped off at a place on the riverside to go f...

It's all about the rice terraces. That's all I'm going to say. What an amazing place the Longji rice terraces is. I've lived in China for a total of almost 2 years but until today I didn't feel like I'd seen the real China. The scenery was absolutely stunning for as far as the eye could see. Terraces upon terraces of rice fields. It was an awe inspiring moment. Today I saw the real China and finally feel worthy of saying that I live here. We had a local tour gui...