Day 52 (Yangshou)

Woke up feeling much better, and with two days of exploring to catch up on, I left for the bike shop at sparrows fart. Yangshou itself is a very touristy place, a small town surrounded by callosal rock collumns, some accendable only via climbing. The Li River flows past the town on its Eastern edge, and is where much of the towns entertainment is. Almost ancient looking stone pavillions line the bank, where dragon boats once used to race, now used for the bamboo rafts to moor.

However getting out of Yangshou and away from everyone else could not be easier, myself and a Frenchman I met (JB), cycled West of Yangshou through small villages and between tiny valleys to Dragon Bridge, an ancient bridge over the Yulong River. Naturally cycling along the river included plenty of swimming and jumping from bridges. Later we found ourselves riding between picture perfect green rice fields that stretch out forever, before making our way back to Yangshou. Whether you love or hate cycling the the scenery and atmosphere around Yangshou are worth spending a few hours on a tiny bicycle seat.