Without looking back we headed out into the countryside on an undulating ride in once again incredibly steamy conditions !
A coffee stop after 15 kms was followed by some single track experience as we bounced along a muddy / rocky path through jungle like scenery that included the odd grenade throwing pit or two (land owned by the military) - going off path here might have a really interesting consequence !
Our ride into Guilin eventually included some good narrow path concrete roads which Andrew was finally able to enjoy after battling a stomach bug condition for the past week.
Almost like the old RACV service we were picked up by a Chinese guide who's sole role was to guide us from the outskirts into the center of this incredibly busy city !
Our initial joy at the beautiful surrounding Karst scenery was replaced by a smidge of terror as we competed with the throngs of vehicular traffic including the silent but deadly electric motor scooters !
Lunch done the ladies took to the streets searching for a take home gift or two while Kev and I adjourned to our palatial hotel room rudely interrupted at one point by some jibbering Chinese room maid who burst in telling us that the reason we could not watch any TV was that Kev had stupidly left his towell covering the TV screen - the fact that we'd not rung anyone about our TV or we're anyway interested in watching it seemed to be lost on her !
The last we saw of her was heading out of the room to report on how stupid Australians were !
A beer on the hotels roof garden and some free evening time wandering the streets were the highlight of our evening !
Only 2 days cycling to go !
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