Oh no!

Moon Hill and 'the incident'

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April 16th 2008
Today was a day that wouldn't be forgotten for a while... at least by me (Dale). After having a light brunch, we had decided to hire some mountain bikes from the hotel and hit the main sites of Yangshou. It was a easy (flat) 8km ride to the 'moon hill'; where we had a not so easy climb to the peak. It says in the guide book there is over a thousand steps but I'm not so sure. It was a fair few t ... read more

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