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Trip Start Nov 10, 2010

Trip End Feb 01, 2011

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Yangshuo Outside Inn

Flag of China Yangshuo, Guangxi Zhuang, China
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

We have arrived in paradise, well and truly. Our hostel is located in a rural village, 4km from a fairly touristy town called Yangshuo. The hordes of tourists are totally justified – this place is stunning! Everywhere you look huge, mountain karsts stretch towards the sky and the villages and towns have simply grown around and between them.

We spent our first days here relaxing, totally exhausted from our epic train journey. We also went to a cooking school and learnt how to make 5 delicious local dishes. Perhaps the most interesting part of the class was the trip to the markets beforehand where we saw (live) turtles, eels, rabbits and other animals (that I won't mention here for Cheryl’s sake J ) for sale – there was also a place where animals were killed but I avoided this area. The array of produce for sale is impressive – giant winter melons the size of a small child, dried squid, tofu prepared in dozens of different ways…

Today we hired some bikes and took off around the country side for a couple of hours

Zan at the local village

. We reached a place called Dragon Bridge, where we got onto a bamboo raft with our bikes in tow and cruised down the river at a (very!) leisurely pace powered only by a lovely Chinese man and his bamboo stick. It was a very peaceful experience and we were totally alone of the water, left to gaze at our beautiful surroundings in silence with only the occasional interruption by a local fisherman or a man watching his herd of water buffalo on the riverbanks.

We’re here for a few more days still and there is so much more to do. Loving it !!

Love Tim and Zan xx

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Tim at the hostel	The local village	Zan wondering through Yangshuo	Where we hang out at the hostel
Near the hostel, taking a walk	The finished product after cooking school	Another walk	Stir fry!
The location of cooking school	Master chef	Tofu, anyone?	Getting some hot tips
Yangshuo at dusk	Frog, anyone?	Yangshuo	View from Yangshuo
On the raft	The view ... stunning!	Getting ready for our rafting trip	Bike ride in the countryside

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P&P on

Your adventure just gets better and better. The scenery is fantastic. We a jealous!! Continue to enjoy every moment of your Asian adventure.

cheryl bentley on

Thanks for not telling the rest of the other animals zanni :( Im glad u didnt see anything being killed. Cooking classes sounds fun though, right up your alley!! love you. xx

Gerry Holmes on

Hi Roseanna just had a chat to your Mum who put me on to the TravelBlog. What happened to the lod fashioned postcards? Great to read of your travels, certainly sounds like you are having a very interesting time. Look afteryourselves Gerry Sue & Ciara Wollongong