Later this week I’ve booked a few days off work and I’m taking H down to Guilin for a long weekend (four nights to be exact). Actually we’re not even stopping in Guilin, we’re stopping in Yangshuo, a smaller town down the Li river, famous for the 1000′s of hills shaped like biro caps, and we’re not even stopping in Yangshuo, I found a small B&B in a little village about 10km outside of Yangshuo in the hills, surrounded by glorious countryside with free bike rental etc.

The weather recently has been absolutely glorious, clear skies for weeks and temperatures pushing the mid 30s, anyway I checked the forecast yesterday just in case:

Marvellous! Perfick weather for four days of outdoor activities! The full gamut of crap weather, it wouldn’t surprise me if we even get hot hail. I’d better pack my laptop, and a pile of dvds……

Anyway, so just in case I don’t get chance to take some nice pictures during the trip here are some nice pics I took last year in Yanghuo:

Here’s a picture of me on the Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo, I liked it a bit:

Here’s another man enjoying the cruise, it takes around 5 hours so you have plenty of time for recreational activities during the trip.

Here are some other people who were on the cruise, they liked taking photos a lot

Oh, ok, here’s the boat from which we enjoyed the cruise (did I mention it was a whole 5 hours, I was bored by the end, I’m not taking H on it, I couldn’t bear it again)

Here’s me in a Yangshuo restuarant, enjoying the famous “beer fish”

A moo-cow.

Extremely happy tiling in a restaurant toilet in Yangshuo

Binglish – an entirely new form of Chinglish.

One of my colleagues having his photo taken with some people on their way to a fancy dress party, “MORE, MORE!!” he kept shouting until he was completely surrounded by them. His jovial mood sunk a little after the photos when they told him he had to pay them 10rmb each.

Edit : more Binglish for Kristi: