Yangshou has some incredible opportunities for hiking and biking. On Friday we took a very long bike ride and a climb to the top of a hill called Moon Peak. The hills and mountains just pop vertically out of an otherwise flat landscape. The rice fields in between are a bright green and the clouds seemed to stick to the hill tops.
We rented five bikes for the Cazzato family including a tandem for Maria and I. The cost was pretty cheap - 10 to 50 RMB ($1-$4) each for the entire day. Kathleen and Juliana got the 50 RMB premium mountain bikes and were glad to have them when we ran into a few muddy spots. Poor Marco got a folding bike with eight inch diameter wheel. It looked more like a scooter than a bicycle.
Nonetheless, all of the kids did very well for quite a long bike ride with lots of stops to wait for each other and take pictures. Katheen remarked repeatedly that travel with these four kids gets significantly easier every year and she is right.
I have posted a collection of photos from our full Yangshou weekend at snapfish.com. Please have a look - they took me several hours to upload through my slow Chinese internet connection !
We rented five bikes for the Cazzato family including a tandem for Maria and I. The cost was pretty cheap - 10 to 50 RMB ($1-$4) each for the entire day. Kathleen and Juliana got the 50 RMB premium mountain bikes and were glad to have them when we ran into a few muddy spots. Poor Marco got a folding bike with eight inch diameter wheel. It looked more like a scooter than a bicycle.
Nonetheless, all of the kids did very well for quite a long bike ride with lots of stops to wait for each other and take pictures. Katheen remarked repeatedly that travel with these four kids gets significantly easier every year and she is right.
I have posted a collection of photos from our full Yangshou weekend at snapfish.com. Please have a look - they took me several hours to upload through my slow Chinese internet connection !
1 comment:
neat pix! We did the same trip when we went...guilin to yangshuo by boat, and even the rafe ride and caverns...what a beuatiful place!
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