Yangshuo = Coolest place on earth

Guilin was a nice city, but Yangshuo totally blew our minds away. It was a great mix of small-townness and epic scenery--with rolling green mountains, beautiful rivers, and lots and lots of water buffalos!

So we ditched Guilin pretty fast (its become way too commercialized) and took the Li River cruise down to Yangshuo


It was pretty epic, with sweeping views of crazy mountains along the river...but nothing could compare to Yangshuo. As soon as we got in, we rented bikes and went along this crazy ride through the countryside that weaved through the mountains and passed by many farms (and of course, water buffalos).


But the coolest part of the day was when we climbed Yueliang Shan (Moon Mountain).


We got to the top of that peak...and from up there, the views were just ridiculously incredible!






this is for my girls back home. yes, that is a tube of Fruitips =)


quite literally felt like i was on top of the world

the next day, Dan and I took a zhufa (bamboo raft) down yulong river right next to yangshuo. it was two hours, so we kicked back, took in the amazing scenery, and shared a couple of beers (talk about a bromantic date)






such a beer advertisement, haha

and then the best part...

we were biking back and decided to take a scenic route (aka a dirt path off the main road). it turned out to be incredible! it was like through the farms and houses....and one lady flagged us down and let us take pictures with her...

WATER BUFFALO!!!


i've decided that i want one! like seriously i want one in the backyard of my future house.

Anybody remember this song?? (i know Diana does)