One more quick update...

We're in Yangshuo at the moment, a great little (well, kinda little) backpacker's town in the south of China. In a about an hour we're set to leave for a country guesthouse in a real country area, so we won'thave access to Internet for a few days- so thought I'd post a quick update and a few more photos to keep you all going. :)

This place is great - really geared for backpackers with lots of bars, restaurants, shops, adventure companies etc, and amongst some absolutely stunning scenery - you'll see in some of the photos below that the place is surrounded by massive limestone krasts.

A few things we've done while we've been here:

• Tai Chi lessons from Henry, a Tai Chi master-in-training (one of his masters is the number one Tai Chi fighting champion in the world - and I had no idea it is actually a fighting style!). The guy was amazing - at one stage we were all trying to push him over, and he was standing as still as a rock (it's all about focus, control, and using your Chi... or something),and he was only a little guy!
• Had a river cruise-where we met some crazy people (drunken man riding a buffallo, a hell-bent boat driver who was trying to jump every wake, and at one stage his windows smashed from hitting the water too hard) and had an adventure on a mini bus back into town, where I think the driver had been challeneged to fit as many people as physically possible in for the 50km journey!
• Stocked up on DVDs - $1.20 each, you can't go wrong!

And a handful of pics from Yangshuo:


Around the town and on the river:




Yangshuo by night:

Getting in touch with my Chi - a bit of Tai Chi in the morning :)

Anyway, best be off- will probably update this blog next when we reach Hong Kong. Until then... take care!