Hey! Again, I've been slack and offline for ages, and now I have too much to tell you and not enough time to say it all. So, in the interests of internet brevity, and my own sanity please find a 5 weeks in China executive summary and a fun Chinese quiz below: Yangshou - a 'unique' landscape equalled only by Halong bay (Vietnam) and Krabi (Thailand) was lovely, though I was there when GOLDEN WEEK hit - and about 120,000 chinese tourists descended on a city with only 50,000 beds. So I left and went to: Dali City - where I stayed longer than I anticipated due to travel companion dramas, delicious food and a very comfortable hostel (not in that order). Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge - no tiger leaped that gorge, but it was
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