Journey to Yangshuo

After an amazing day at the spa on Monday, we were packed and ready to
leave on our journey to Yangshuo. Yangshuo is known as the most
beautiful place in China and is very touristy with many foreigners. So
Tuesday morning we went to the bus station to leave on the 8 hour bus
ride to Yangshuo. We both had a bit of a cold and feeling under the
weather so we took some meds and boarded the bus. Jes slept most of
the time, but I took some pictures along the way and took in the
gorgeous scenary. The 8 hours passed very quickly I thought. Luckily,
every time we took a break and got off the bus, someone would let us
know when we were leaving since we were the only white people and
could be spotted very easily!

We finally arrived around 5pm in Yangshuo. The bus dropped us off in
the center of town instead of at the bus station like we thought it
would so we had to find our own way to our hotel. We took a mini
bus/cart looking thing for 1 yuan a person, so cheap! We arrived at
our hotel, which was so nice for only being $15 a night. We walked
around for a bit to scope out the area before it got dark and ate
dinner at an Italian restaurant. They had western food everywhere and
so many foreigner, we were in heaven! Everyone had such a delicious
looking breakfast menu with coffee (which is hard to find in China if
you are not at a Starbucks) and milkshakes and smoothies of every
flavor that they make with fresh fruit! It was really like a vacation.
After seeing some of the town we went back to our hotel room to rest
up and get ready to go check out the nightlife since we heard the bar
scene was great! We went to a few bars but I guess we were early since
it was only 8:30pm. We met some foreigners on the street and thought
we might hang out with them later but we were so exhausted from
traveling we went back to the hotel to get some sleep. My first
impression of Yangshuo is definitely a good one. I think I will really
like it here!

Pic 1: Cute town on the way to Yangshuo
Pic 2: Pic from the bus ride