In our previous posts about Yangshuo we forgot a number of details. Since today was spent mostly eating, shopping for souvenirs, and sweating, we will skip over that and talk about the other forgotten stuff.
On Saturday night we went to a show called "Impressions" by Liu Sanjie. He is the guy who choreographed the opening ceremony for the Olympics here. Cool, right? It's in an outdoor theater situated on the edge of an inlet surrounded by the karst peaks. It's a beautiful spot. Most of the show takes place in the water with hundreds of people doing stuff in sync with each other on boats. There was also a lot of singing, dancing, and stuff with lights. The end was really awesome with probably about 300 girls lined up in the dark in formation. They each had an outfit on that had lights which would flash on and off. Ok, the show is really hard to describe but it was very, very cool. The choreography together with the gorgeous location made it a really mesmerizing experience (for me, at least, this is Jennifer speaking). Clare thought it was more fascinating than entertaining. I bought the DVD if anyone (mom, i know you'll want to) wants to see it.
Another thing we forgot to mention was this British guy who literally turned around on his bike and pedalled back to us so he could talk to us. He struck up a conversation and pretty much carried it on by himself for a good 45 minutes. I think we know this guy's life story (he loves James Taylor and John Mayor, his wife divorced him after 33 years, he now has a chinese girlfriend half his age, he thinks the fajitas at the Rock'n grill in Yangshuo are out of this world, etc., the list goes on). Some people just like to talk.
Tonight we're taking an overnight bus. They apparently have little beds in them that are very narrow and uncomfortable. We sprang for the most expensive option with the hope that we'll actually fit in the beds. We bumped into the other 4 people we rafted here with and all 3 groups of us payed different amounts for what we think will be the same bus tonight. We'll see.
Clare apologies for mis-spelling buoyant and Gollum yesterday. How dare she.
That's all for now, folks! Thanks for all your comments! We're glad people are reading and we both say hi to you!
