Yangshuo...

Finally, we get to post our pictures from Yangshuo back in May. Our blog was blocked in China so we had to wait until we were back here in the States to post the pictures. We left Shekou early Monday morning and flew to Guilin via Shenzhen. We decided to take the express bus from Shekou to the airport but it still took about an hour to get there. Not as express as we thought. It would have only been half the time by a taxi but the bus was much cheaper.

The flight to Guilin was only about an hour and a half. It was a pretty good flight. Once we got to Guilin we then had a taxi take us to Yangshuo which was about an hour drive. The scenery was beautiful on the drive but nothing like what we were about to see in Yangshuo.

We decided to take the cheap route and stay in a hostel. It was called the West Lily Hotel and for a hostel it was pretty nice. We wished we would have stayed at a regular hotel that had a pool or something for the kids to do during the down time. The rooms were clean and had a/c so for $10.00 a night per room who could complain? We stayed four nights and the total cost for two rooms was $85.00. Not bad.