Sunday, June 30, 2013

Yangshuo

 Brothers
 
 Li River
 
 Qingping
Particularly bad toilet 
 Yulong River bamboo raft trip
 
My awesome birthday bike ride included getting lost at no extra charge! 
 
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 Our ride back across the river with bikes
Family saying goodbye 
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Guilin

 A trip to an ethnic village
Rice terraces 
 
 
 
 
 A park with monkeys!
Which the boys loved.... 
 A curious kiddy attraction
Feeding fish with a baby bottle - which they also loved! 
 Overnight train
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Beautiful Lijiang

 Bridges and waterways
 
 
Elias' mule 
 
 If it's in english, it doesn't have to make sense!
 
One of Kellen's favorite hostels 
 Courtyard outside our room
 
Mud brick house, hay in loft, SUV, check, check, check 
 Ubiquitous Tsingtao beer
Richard made fast friends with Kellen 
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Shangri-La

 Streets of Shangri-La
Buddhist temple 
 Giant prayer wheel
Buddhist monastery 
 Elias not thrilled with the attention he's getting.....
Boys in the tent 
 View from top of hill over Shangri-La
Out checking on the yaks 
 
 Our guide
 
 Care for some meat?  It's only been hanging here all day.....
Yak-butter tea 
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