Monday in Yangshuo We spent a full day with our wonderful guide Amy. We had busy day of sightseeing around Yangshuo, and she picked us up right on time at 9 am. Amy had good news for us--the river was once again open for rafting, so we drove straight to the "loading area". It was a busy place--lots of other tourists taking bamboo raft trips. We hopped on board our raft--it was really quite small, with 3 bamboo double seats under a small canopy. There...

We are loving Yangshuo, it is absolutely amazing! We both got a great nights sleep last night, I think we are finally over our jet lag and adjusted to "China time". We didn't really have any thing planned for today. We had a nice breakfast around the corner from our hotel, then came back and turned some laundry in. We decided we'd continue to explore Yangshou, and we started our day by doing a little souvenir shopping at some of the vendors set up along the...

Hello from Yangshuo, China! It was an early day for these two travelers--we were awake at 3:15 a.m. and left our hotel in Hong Kong at 5:15. Our taxi ride to Hong Kong International Apirport took about 30 minutes in the early morning light traffic. We went straight for Starbucks for a cup of coffee, and then found a restaturant for a quick breakfast. We checked in for our flight, got our boarding passes and explored the airport a bit. It's a very efficient ai...