The landscape on the 20-yuan note, by bike and bamboo raft.
Four days, a long weekend if you live in Asia. We get around Yangshuo by bike and on a bamboo raft down the Yulong River, see the Li River from Xingping and finish at the Longji rice terraces.
Arrival and transfer to Yangshuo. Bikes in the afternoon, through the villages.
Bamboo raft on the Yulong. Afternoon in Xingping, on the Li River.
Last morning in Yangshuo, then up into the hills to Longji.
The terraces early, before the crowds. Back to Guilin. End of the trip.
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