Eduardo to Mexico by way of the Phillipines, Moshe to Israel, Sarah to Edinburgh, Paula to Bangor in Wales, Viv & Linton to Cairns, Andrew and Jacquie to Hong Kong then Cairns, Aidan to London, Arlene to Noosa & Kee Wan & Mel to other parts of China before returning to Melbourne.
For us Orphans (Kev, Marysia and self) it was time to explore some more of Yangshou before heading out at night for the marvelous illuminations show performed by 700 performers against an incredible backdrop of mountains and river in front of an audience of some 5,000.
The show was stunning although slightly spoilt by the Chinese audience who a) talked over the singers b) encouraged their kids to play computer games during the show and c) annoyingly left before the how had even finished - obviously because the last train to Beijing was pulling out !
Dazzled by the light show our next day was all about cycling and relaxing
Jumping back on Hired bikes we traipsed back 20 kms up the same damned hills wed descended on down into Yangzhou before this time heading a further 10+ kms into Bai Sha on the Yulong river where we took a stunning bamboo raft ride back with our bikes to Yangshou.
What a way to spend an hour and a half as we drifted amongst stunning karst scenery at such a relaxed pace that
Kev nearly off the raft into the river while asleep - the scenery was stunning and the river so serene .. well until the area where it appeared a few hundred Chinese were waiting on rafts to go over a small rock section purely so they could get their photo taken as per an amusement ride !
From our exit point and with Henley on map duty it was a simple 6 km ride back into Yangshou to this time hang up the bikes for good on this China trip
A great day and now only 1& 1/2 days left before we head off to Shanghai !
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