Well, that was quite a day. After taking the flight to Guilin, I took a bus to Yangshuo. It was incredibly hard for me not to fall asleep on the bus, since I was so tired, but I managed it. Mostly. Actually the views on the way were really nice, so that helped.
Then I finally got to Yangshuo and realized I have no idea where I am.
The bus stopped in a large parking lot in the middle of basically nowhere. I looked around and had no idea where to go. It was also extremely hot and humid and I immediately started sweating.
After a bit of freaking out, I started walking towards the main road and then along it, passing by locals doing all kinds of stuff to get away from the steaming heat.
Eventually, and not before I was completely drenched in sweat (and admittedly, some tears), I found a taxi and showed her the address of my hostel. It is customary to negotiate the price of the ride, but I didn't, I just accepted the 30 CNY price tag without haggling and basked in the glory that is a good AC.
Got to the hostel, pretty nice place. Small, I'm more or less the only guest here. It's on the Yulong River, so pretty far from everything else, surrounded by tiny villages and farmers working their fields.
I took a walk around, just to get my bearings,and discovered this place is seriously beautiful (see picture).
All in all this day could have gone a lot worse, but if it wasn't for the heat I would have enjoyed it a lot more. Tomorrow will be hot again, so I intend to go out with as few cloths as possible.
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