This is how very relaxing the ride was! ha! :)
Yangshuo has to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world! There are no high rises- it’s all very quaint and cute. It’s surrounded by the massive Li River and the impressive “Dr. Suess Mountains”. We got to our hostel... we were on the 6th floor!
Imagine lugging your stuff up all these stairs. It was quite exhausting. I don’t know why China has SO MANY STAIRS!
That afternoon a group of us decided to see more of Yangshuo by way of bike. We rented bikes- 10 yuan each! That’s a mere $2.50 (or so...)! Now THAT’s experiencing China... riding around the city, ringing the little bell to tell people to get out of the way... all that! :) It was so fun! We didn’t really have a destination, we just decided to explore. We set out on a road and about a half hour (and a ton of beautiful countryside) later we came upon this little village. It amazes me that people still live in that way! It had very run down buildings, dirt roads, burning garbage piles, chickens and dogs in the road, and the happiest and friendliest people you’ll ever meet! It was actually quite a humbling experience.
Eventually we came to this trail that we couldn’t go on with our bikes. We ditched those and set off on foot. It led us further into the countryside toward gorgeous mountains. We found an old Chinese graveyard! It was pretty awesome!
This is the group of us that ventured into the village and mountains!
After exploring the mountains for a while we headed back to our bikes. We saw some more cool things on our way back to the city- another little village, water buffalos, the weirdest fruit ever.... things like that!
That night we hung out on West Street. It is a pedestrian only street with a ton of shopping and eating! :) That night we went to “Lucy’s Cafe”. Cierra and I got this grilled cheese sandwich thing. I’m pretty sure they have the same grilled cheese maker I had up at school. It made me... college sick? Haha! We had grilled cheese sandwiches from that little machine almost every day! Anyway... Later in the evening we met yet another ILP group! :) One girl looked SUPER familiar and she and I were trying to figure out how we might now each other. She’s related the the Salmond’s, went to Davis, and goes to Utah State... so it has to be one of those! Haha! It was fun to talk to them!
On the way back to the hostel we made a discovery that would endear Yangshuo to us even more- Lou’s Bakery. It was a legit bakery! In China! There was banana bread, almond bread, all sorts of little cakes... it was amazing! :) We frequented that little shop while we were in Yangshuo!
This is from our last day in Yangshuo when we were saying goodbye to our friend at Lou’s Bakery!
We’d only been in Yangshuo for a few hours, but we knew we were going to love it there! :) And this was only the beginning of our adventures there!
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