We arrived into Guilin around 11am and had to rush to get off the train as it wasn't the last stop and we weren't as prepared as we normally are. Hoping we hadn't left anything on board we made our way out to the front to meet the bus to take us to Yangshuo. The bus was stuck in traffic so we had to wait. Eventually the bus arrived and it took an hour and a half to drive to Yangshuo. We were all pretty tired so most of us slept.

Arriving into Yangshuo we were taken to our hotel, which funnily enough was called Fawlty Towers and the receptionist, is called Manuel. This time I was sharing with Lindsay. The rooms of this hotel were really nice and there was hot water in the shower so we were pretty happy, especially after being on a train for 22 hours us really needed a shower.

After freshening up we met in the lobby for our orientation walk around Yangshuo. Meeting in the lobby we were sad to hear that Ruth's Grandma had suddenly past away. We knew she had a Grandma that was ill but the Grandma that past away was deemed to be fit and healthy so it had come as a shock to Ruth and her family.

We went for dinner first before our orientation walk, as we were quite hungry. Lillian took us to a really nice restaurant with a beautiful view of the mountains. Not really feeling like Chinese food I opted for a hamburger. Which was actually really nice. After dinner Lillian took us for a walk around town and it was very packed as there was some kind of festival on at the time so there was a lot of people walking through the main street.

Yangshuo was pretty touristy with all the shops, bars and restaurants but it had a really nice feel to it, plus the people were really friendly so it was a great place to chill out and enjoy the amazing scenery. Yangshuo was surrounded by mountains and had a river running through the valley where you could go kayaking or bamboo rafting.

After our orientation walk a few of us went for beers at one of the many bars then called it a night as we were going kayaking the next day, which I was a little nervous about due to my fear of water.