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Day 49
As if we hadn't had enough punishment on our first bike ride, we decided to once again go cycling, but this time we upped the ante by hiring a tandem - or as we liked to call it, a bicycle made for two. With this added excitement we decided to stick to the comfort of smooth (or not so smooth in some cases) tarmac roads.
We rode out of town towards Moon Hill, one of the local peaks which has a crescent shaped hole right the way through it. Getting the hang of riding the tandem we started racing with another group of cyclists and a lot of laughter ensued. We arrived at the hill and started the climb to the top. Over 1000 steps later we reached the peak giving us some amazing views over the local area. Hard work but well worth it.
Back on the bike, we pedalled back towards Yangshuo entertaining other roadusers with our superb renditions of a wide variety of rock and musical classics!
After our staple lunch of 5Y soupy noodles we clambered back onto the bike and hit the road for Fuli Town described in the
guide book as cobbled and picturesque. A few hills later (tough pedalling as the tandem had no gears!) we arrived at the main street of Fuli Town - far from the descripton in the book. Not to be put off we went off the beaten track onto much more bumpy roads and found the small old section of the town by the river which was lovely. After a wander around we headed back to Yangshuo for a couple of beers by the river.
We had hoped to meet up with Carly and Jeremy here in Yangshuo but unfortunately missed them by a day. However, they had recommended a bar called Monkey Jane's and told us we had to try a particular shot - the Crazy Monkey. Never ones to shirk a challenge (particularly those involving alcohol) we climbed the stairs to the rooftop bar. On our arrival the bar seemed quite quiet so we only planned to have the shot and a beer before moving on to try another bar. However, after Monkey Jane herself had served us the required shots we met up with some Canadians and started a game of the excellent beer pong. This basically involves
firing a ping pong ball down the table and aiming for your opponents beer glasses - if it lands in one, they down it. We had a great night, finished off with a snack from the local kebabby!
Day 50 (a half century and still not out!)
Our last day in Yangshuo - aaahhhh! We have had a fab time here and have been really glad to stay in one place or a few days, especially somewhere so beautiful and with so many fun things to do.
Our final activity was a cooking lesson. We arrived at Lisa's Hostel and first had to choose our dishes. We went for Sweet and Sour Pork, Spring Rolls, Stuffed Aubergine and Fried Pork Noodles trying to opt for things that we thought we may be able to get the ingredients for back home. We were then taken to the farmers market to buy all of the ingredients we needed for our dishes. On our own, this would have been really difficult, but with the help of our friendly guide Jackie we were able to get all the fresh ingredients at what seemed to be a reasonable rate. We went back
and hit the kitchens to prepare our ingredients using extremely large chinese knives and then watched and helped chef as he created our lunch! The amount of food that came out of the kitchen was absolutely immense and fed us and Jackie for lunch and still left us enough to load into boxes to take away for dinner! Delicious and a lot of fun.
We spent the afternoon in our favourite spot by the river before finding a place for Mark to have his hair cut. The fella we found not only cut his hair, he shaved him as well and then gave him a massage - good service!
Ater polishing off the rest of our lunch for tea we boarded the sleeper bus bound for Hong Kong.
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Willy Wanging
Hey you 2 dirty birds!!! Feeling pooey and depressed after little shop!!! Boo Hoo Boo Hoo!!! Totally missing your fit arses! Loving the cookery course.. as if you need lessons Mde Chrissie!! Ok challenge - I want a pisture of you willy wanging in a crowded street in Hong Kong.. easy peasy!!! Love you Guys xx