Guilin and Yangshou were our opportunity to get away from the big cities and see something of rural China. After one night in Guilin we took a Li river cruise downstream to Yangshou and stayed in an independent hotel where we relaxed and admired the river and mountain views for a couple of days before stirring ourselves to explore.

When we did get moving we managed a bicycle tour of the Yulong River and surrounding paddy fields, took a…

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