Today started with a mad dash in the dark for the 7am bus from Yangshuo to Guilin. Our hybrid bags came into their own as we de-bussed in a raining Guilin and held out under a shelter with the locals. Today is our first long haul train ride - 23 hours from Guilin to Kunming. Soft sleeper worth every penny and between food trolleys going past the carriage at regular intervals and watching Season 2 of Revenge who could ask for more! Yangshuo lived up to the promis...

Our first independent Chinese inter city transit experience: Guilin to Yangshuo Mr Lonely planet said that mini buses could be found at the train station or regular coaches at the bus station. We elected to go for the mini busses, as Alana tried to explain in a semi comprehensive conversation with the taxi driver telling us that "trains don't go to Yangshuo". On arrival at the station we transformed our hybrid packs into backpack mode and sat down for a bowl of...