Day 19 - Leaving Guilin for the mountains of Yangshuo

A simple day today. We got up and ready, went to the train station to catch the bus to Yangshuo, got confused by all the locals (it is hard to tell who are helpful locals and who are touts) telling us to catch the 'tour' bus, so went back to the hostel for help! Turned out the locals/touts were right, so we hopped on the 'tour' bus to Yangshuo.

We arrived in Yangshuo to the pouring rain, but we could tell even then that this was going to be a phenomenal next stop on our adlibing journey!

As is becoming a custom for us, we wandered the streets for much longer than needed to find some accommodation, but made it in the end, relatively wet. Our accommodation at the Bamboo House Inn is cheap (about $NZ10 for the both of us) and we get an ensuite and balcony!

We spent the afternoon sheltering from the rain resting and reading in the hostel, before venturing out (into the rain) to the markets and some late lunch: vegetarian dumplings and noodles - YUM - and of course more beer for Adam.

After Liv finished the book she started in the afternoon, we went to dinner at Mei You Cafe (Mei You = 'don't have' - meaning: don't have bad service, don't have warm beer, don't have bad food etc!), where we were treated to a live Chinese pop/rock band and a delicious dinner. Liv had a cocktail - which was worth it just to see the bar girls completely confused as to how it was meant to be made. Adam had his first rice wine - leaving his throat feeling slightly burnt and swearing to limit the rice wine as much as possible!

We wandered the streets in the rain, before heading 'home' to sleep - we have a big day planned for tomorrow!