ON this trip I discovered France and China have a lot in common, namely a love of frogs & bicycles. Although eating one and learning to ride the other never topped my list of things to do in Yangshuo.
But the unexpected is what fascinates me about this country. So here’s my travel guide to Yangshuo based on my second trip to China in as many years.
After a night in Guilin we left most of our belongings in our hotel and boarded the boat for our trip to Yangshuo, a backpacker’s haven and Asia’s top climbing spot, for those who like life in the edge.
But the wooden plankway onto the boat, which looked perilously frail, was as close to danger as we got. We scrambled across like goats onto the start of our four hour boat journey through a rock-filled wonderland. Having sailed through the rocky outcroppings of Vietnam’s majestic Halong Bay and being born in Yorkshire I had pretty high standards when it came to hills. If I had a hat I’d have eaten it. Words can’t do justice, so I’m letting the pictures do the talking.
