A beautiful ride

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Today was another day of solid cycling where we covered 80-85km. Just before lunch we stopped at a nice small temple with some beautiful views of jagged limestone mountains jutted around the area. These fantastic mountains were becoming more common as we closed in on Yangshuo. As we continued to ride after lunch you couldn't help but feel lost within the beautiful surrounds, I couldn't get over the wonderful mountains that surrounded us.

Arriving in Yangshuo was great because it was the type of place we had come here to see, the only problem was so had the rest of the world! There were quite a few tourists in the area which was highlighted by the main shopping strip being called "West St". Once we had settled in at our accomodation (Magnolia Hotel) we headed out for some shopping. It was here we started to hear classic sayings like "hello pashmina", "hello looking" and the funniest of them all ... "hello money".