Day 35: Yangshuo

Long before we planned our itinerary for China, Katy and I had heard about the natural beauty of Yangshuo. It was an eye opener when our bus pulled into the town, which is surrounded by karst mountains, Li river, Yulong river and 1,000 other tourists. The tour and hotel touts here are more aggressive than other cities we had been to so far.


During our three-day stay in Yangshuo, we did the usual tourist things – cruising down the Li river, walking around the West street and cycling along Yulong river. The bike ride was not for the faint of heart. The seat (saddle) was rock hard. The road was mostly gravels and rocks. The sun was fierce. We were so glad when we finished our ride after three grueling hours. Our butts were sore for the next two days.









Yangshuo is also where we decided to change our itinerary to attend Hide's (my best friend from IMD) wedding in Tokyo in late October. Instead of spending two months in India, we will spend more time in Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan, and postpone our arrival in Europe. So Tokyo, we are coming!

resting our sore butts