Day 17 - Yangshou

We woke up around 7am and the weather looked promising. However, this was not to be as by the time we had finished breakfast, it was overcast and raining! Brollies in hand, off we went. Despite the weather, we thoroughly enjoyed a riverside walk into the town - the rain stopped for a bit as we dropped down to the shore. This was a very scenic place where it felt like time had stood still, with the bamboo rafts and many young ladies dressed in traditional costume only added to such a scene - a beautiful place to just be. It would actually make a great setting for TV period drama!

Further along the shore, Catherine got chatting with a little girl who was just 3 years old and already speaking some English. She was very cute and willing to have a picture taken 💕 Catherine was clearly missing the grandchildren!

We carried on making our way into town, through Yangshou park where we had a stroll around before ascending (of course there had to be a climb) steep steps up a karst (karst being tree covered peaks), where we got some great views; even on a wet and grey day! The town is surrounded by karsts of which there were two others that had TV towers. These would have taken us higher, but given the weather, we decided to keep our feet firmly in the ground..

We had a nice amble around the town (a bit more shopping) and coffee stop before heading back to the hotel.

We decided not to head back out this evening, but to enjoy a meal at the hotel’s restaurant which had a lovely menu to choose from. We had orange duck, a traditional Chinese dish of beer fish with a local version of fried rice which was delicious - all washed down with a glass of local beer 🍻Read more