Yangshou at night – they do waste some energy on that.

The destination of our bike trip was Yangshou, a city at the shores of the Li river. Even though we arrived here in China’s national day and lonelyplanet recommended to avoid this place due to it’s tourists herds we found the city quite appealing. This was likely due to our hostel being on the “wrong” side of the river away from the center (anyway reachable by ferry in 2 min). The roof terrace with view over the „skyline“ including a little bar wasn’t a bad feature either (Yangshuo high hostel).

Yangshou high hostel roof terrace.

We could easily have spent one or two more days watching tourist fighting for bamboo boats or illegal pelican fishers, strolling through bamboo forests, eating off the tree pomelo or climbing the cast mountains around. Unfortunately our bus to Guangzhou was leaving the next day from Guilin and we had to head back.

House boats are coating the shores of the river in Yangshou. Very far from the glittering hotels close by.

Fishing with pelicans still popular though illegal. The bind the pelicans to a rope, let them fish and when the pelican caught one they fetch them again and squeeze the fish from the pelicans neck into a basket. Really mean.