Backward Train and a Plastic Boat?

Wow - confusion , awoke to the expected limestone scenery BUT the train was going the opposite way to when we went to sleep. We decided it must at some point have done a switchback without us realising as the scenery proved we definitely had not returned to Guangzhou!

We were at Guilin. A quick bus ride later and we were at Yangshuo. Breakfast - very proudly presented as western style - Martyn enjoyed his bacon! And then a quick walk around town. Dash to supermarket to buy water and snacks and at 12 noon left for bamboo rafting down the Li river.

Bamboo raft was interesting. Bamboo pole was used to push raft out of the 'raft car park' but raft was made of large White drainpipe with an outboard motor. Scenery stunning though (even though I slept through a good portion of it - ooopsie - you never sleep as well as you think on overnight trains)

Same same but different to the limestone karsts of Vietnam. It's sort of bigger and more spread out here. Very nice though. Darker greens than Vietnam.

Back to hotel, check in, shower, out for dinner - then to sound and light show which we were going to skip but are very glad we didn't. It was directed by the person who did the opening / closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and was really really good. Over 600 people involved in performing and lots of sound and light (strangely!).

In bed now with sore throat and stuffy dose! Have been infected with a cold. I've told it to be gone tomorrow !

Oh and the lady of 20.1 kg bag fame was getting the hotel to do some laundry today! Perhaps she brought her own bike for tomorrow?

Still, sleep needed now, playing catch up from train and starting early tomorrow!