The live produce part of Yangshuo market, we weren't allowed to take photos of the chopping part, where they killed the animals; cats and dogs were there, I lost my stomach there and came away.

 Cookery class

 Bamboo used as a brush for cleaning!

 Pier enterance for the Chinese folk

 Chicken and cashew nuts, yummy!

 Famous local dish 'Fish in beer' Pijiu Yu

 Lunchtime!

The lady who sold me the flower headband!

Melting Moments: Mosie goes to cookery school

 Rice cake for noodless! and Ginko beans

 What are these Crayfish?

 Preserved rat and bird! Yuck!

 Pigs noses at the back!

 View from my chopping board! At the Cookery School

 Egg fried dumplings: delicious!

 Day one's food!

 View from my bedroom window of Karst Mountains, river and rain!

 Misty rain!

 The Riverside Cookery School in Yangshuo

 Pork stuffed tofu balls, preparing for steaming!

Yangshuo Mountain Retreat

 Finally, I arrived at my Hotel destination, there were no taxis available on such busy National Holidays, so I rang the hotel and they located someone to collect me from the town!

 My hotel bedroom, spare bed as they didn't have any single rooms available!

 View from my window!

 Hotel is nestled into the mountain!

 Mist and mysteriousness!

 more drizzle!

 I bought this headband as I saw the Chinese girls wearing them!

 So here I am!

 Posing with my beautiful flower head band!

 Only 5 kwai!

Still it rains on...

Yangshuo and Bamboo Rafting

Water Buffalo

 Lunch being prepared in the kitchen

 Arriving in Yangshuo

 Cormarants performing!

 west street in Yangshuo

 Very busy in West Street

 This isn't a mushroom ring but penis'

 Tranquility in Yangshuo

 West street is buzzing

 Bamboo rafting in a local village

 One of a few wedding photos

 10 week old baby water buffalo

 feeding the water buffalo with corn leaves

 cormorant fishing

 bird cannot swallow as it has a line in its neck, so fish are given up!

 Cormorant fishing demonstration

 Another wedding!

Me on the river!