From one extreme to the other we are now well and truely back on the backpackers trail. Yangshuo is a travellers mecca - more like a Thai island than what you would expect from China. The town is geared up to accomodate the travellers every whim to the point where even Chinese food has been altered for a 'Western pallete" which to my mind does it a disservice. It is understandable why Yangshuo has become a magnet, the charms are quite clear; with the kaste scenery, Li River, bamboo rafts sailing past the fisherman and their coromorates. The area also has an abundance of caves with funny names, where you can swim in underground rivers surrounded by rock strata that sparkle like millions of diamonds. Given we have now been on the road for almost 2
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