Yangshuo

In an attempt to escape hongkong we are now in Yangshuo - north west of HongKong - it's still VERY hot (like the hottest day I can remember in Sydney and going into a sauna - a steamy one - it's a very sticky heat). Yangshuo is meant to be one of the most beautiful places in China, it's where those mountains that feature in so much of the artwork are - as well as the comerant fishermen - as it cools down abit this afternoon (wishful thinking...?) we'll head into the touristy part of town and see what it's really like. The bus we caught here let us off early and we're actually staying just out of town... I thought our hotel seemed suspiciously quiet.

And (finally) we've found a computer with a USB port - so here are some photos, mainly from macau.

This beer cost me 90cents - for 640ml thats not bad - Blue Ice seems to be the best beer in HongKong though - the shot of the cheap beer was taken with a camera and lens combination worth 2500 times as much - thats why i'm going to send some camera stuff home - it's making me nervous and drawing attention.




The giant bronze Buddha on Lantau




the view from our hotel in Macau (it's a harbour view room)


One of the new Casinos in Macau - still under constrcution the top is probably the tallest building in the city and looks like a flower (well it will whem they finish it)