From Guilin to Yangshuo

We took a boat down the Li River - the scenery was just gorgeous.  The hills just never stop.  Course I'm writing this from Beijing now and Eric has gone along with his computer, so no pictures.  It was a 4 hour trip that was just stunning though I have to admit at some point, the girls just sat in their chairs and dozed a bit.  We were seated with an Australian couple who were great company but most of the time we were outside on deck just watching small village and hundreds if not thousands of small irregular hills go by in a dreamy sort of haze.  The fisherman came up to our boat as it travelled and delivered the fish needed for lunch, others on bamboo boats came up selling stuff as we continued.  There were water buffalo in and out of the water.  It was everything you see in pictures about southern China landscapes.  

We got to Yangshuo in the afternoon and walked thru the marketplace which was just bustling.  Then out to see the Silver Cave.  We were a bit hesitant to go as we certainly had seen caves before, but this one was enormous.  It just went on and on spiraling from the bottom to the top.  I don't think Guohua had ever seen anything like it so it was fun to discover together.