High concentration of scenic areas and tourist attractions in this area. Nothing beats the mountains of Guilin though! Traveler's tips in this post for things to do when visiting Guilin and Yangshuo county.

3 days off at the beach in Sanya but we are kept busy as we participate in fundraising events with the hotel and Free Lunch for Children. We also meet with some of the local press talking about our trip and our charitable efforts. All in all, managed to raise nearly RMB40,000 to go towards school lunches in rural China!

20 days since we first entered Sichuan, a province which has proved both rewarding and extremely challenging. Our last two days in the province proved not to break this pattern as we get hit with everything the province had left to throw at us, both good and bad!

Riding from Chengdu to Chongqing, getting kicked off the highway twice in the name of safety... Rain, mud, and construction on the National Roads sure sound safer to me! (end sarcasm)

Though not as long or difficult as our stretch on the G219, our trip north from Lhasa and out of Tibet was not without its challenges! But by the end of the three days there was no denying we were starting the next big leg of our journey.

Starting to make our way south now as we leave the periphery that had treated us so well thus far. Bring on the trucks, rain, dust, and construction!

First a couple nice boring days where we were able to enjoy the roads and put some miles behind us. We were looking forward to our first night out camping of the trip, but it didn't quite turn out as we had hoped.

Continue making our way south and soon west as we contend with strong cross-winds (not such a big problem) and large river fords (a relatively bigger problem).

A very eventful day as we make it into Inner Mongolia- 20km of heavy road construction, beautiful roads, massive downpour, more beautiful roads, and a wedding dinner party to cap it all off!

Somehow today managed to be even worse than yesterday! Slow progress as we try and navigate around terribly maintained roads.