Yangshuo

After our longest overnight train ever (26 hours), we arrived in Yangshuo-- a beautiful small tourist town about 2 hours north of the train station. Unfortunately it rained on and off during our 2 day stay there and many of our activities had to be canceled. Never-the-less, we managed to squeeze in some rain-friendly things like water-caving, a countryside bicycle tour, and Commerant night fishing (plus a few hours of Chinese therapeutic massage :)

In and around Yangshuo

Bicycle tour
















Commerant fishing


The Commerant night fishing -- where the birds are tied to the canoe and 'chased'. The birds dip into the water and grab small fish in their gullet.


The birds have their neck loosely tied so they cannot swallow the larger fish. The fisherman then pulls the bird in and grabs the fish. Cruel by American standards.