The Li River Cruise

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For the first time since arriving in China, the stopover in Guilin provided some beautiful scenic views without highrise buildings, swarms of people or too much smog. We stayed in Guilin but spent a day over in Yangshuo where most of these photos are from. It was there that we were able to take a bamboo raft down the Li River, mentioned among the few destinations in China in the book "1,000 places to see before you die". It really is picturesque and we made it there and back just before the storm hit...

We reluctantly booked another one of those coffin buses to take us to Xiamen where we were due to fly to Bangkok. As luck would have it, the bus was cancelled and we had to get a last minute flight to get us there on time. So we ended up having a bit of extra time to wander around Xiamen and a few of those photos are featured here as well. And this brings me to the end of my time in China....

Much more to follow.

Joy

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Photos

Rock Mountain
This was a park we happened across from wandering around Guilin

Dragonfly hitchhikers
Our raft ride lasted about 2 hours, during which dragonflies kept landing on the raft to hitch a ride

The Hills
The hills all have names and we came up with a few of our own

We were there!
We now have 999 places to see before we die!

The Raft People
These people own the raft we were on and brought us to their houseboat until the storm passed.

The Houseboat
This was their houseboat where we waited out the storm