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sorry about not updating the old blog for abit, the computer at the hostel we were stayin in didnt like to load this site for some reason..
thursday: got a early start to catch our flight to guilin, in whitch we both turned into somthing of temporay celebrities being the only western people on the entire plane, having our photo taken with various family members and in diffenert poses countless times.. landing in guilin we were shocked as to how green everythin was, propper lush country side with huge towering mountains and a more tropical climate. truely beautiful. then went to our hotel in yangshaou and hired some bike to explore the river side and got some lunch at a kool little resturant on the river front. we then went to this israeli bar in the center town and ended up on cocktails..
Friday: first day of rain! super propper cats and dogs f***in pissin it down. walked to bus staion to then catch our small bus out to the small town xingping, where we found our hostel which was really really nice, rooftop terrace, pool table, home made pizza's good find. brought some umbrellas and donning macs went for a walk in the rain to find the veiw which is famously printed on the back of the chinese 20 yen note. we then met a couple from new zealand, ardian and sharon and got some pizzas for the night.
sat: had a massive lie in to get up at 11 to find the hole town flooded, completely and utterly cut off, the rain had ment that the river burst it banks and flooded the hole town. we retreated to the roof terrace for some pigs and about 15 minuits later were surprised of the arrivivle of about 30 odd army,news and goverement officals doin filmin and checkin out the flood, slightly sureal.. we then found a basket ball and a ghetto basket ball court and played that for about 2 hours ( luke won). got abit drunk later and luke fell over, was f***in helairous.
sunday: had breakfast of sweet and sour chicken, and spicy beef noodles ( bored of pizza's by this point) met up with nz couple at the hostel and went on a "boat trip" this consisted of walkin about 30 minutes down the river bank to spend 10 minutes on a boat deflecting massive china sized bugs and getting wet (again). had some more beers on the roof and chilled with some music. we have also decided to go snowboarding in new zealand seein as its the season and all..
love to all and pics soon, hopefully.. x
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