mountian biking

I did some last minute haggling with Luke in Yangshou in the morning....typical bloke needed trousers and a woman to sort it out : o ) it was easier getting a better price when its for someone else.

Andy = " what brakes"?

In the aftertnoon we picked up our bikes....hmmm not exactly state of the art, more like state of the ark. Mine had no gears, which turned out to be an advantage as the ones with the 27 gears only worked in high or low and nothing in between. We did some very serious off road stuff on narrow paths with loose stones and crossed a river to get into the "real" China that most of us came to see. We had an amazing lunch in a village, having worked up an appetite we scoffed everything, even the tofu, the fav dish was the roasted pumpkin. We called in on a local school called Hope School, its named beacuase it is a "free school" built from charity for the poorer village kids to give them hope for the future. They have to walk a couple of hours each day to get there. We arrived at morning break and they came out , lined up and started to do their exercises to music.....Bri joined in at the back, much to the kids amusement at the funny white man. Mable

Just had a fab breakfast

What a fab day, mountain biking in rural China, great weather, Andy falling off into a river and Mac joining in with the kids doing their keep fit.  His natural rhythm really kicked in and they appeared to love it.

The Outside In Lodge was great but got chiily in the evening AND not all the showers worked,,,, ours did and we rented it out, to date Kristina has not paid us! Food was great including breakfast (in fact the best so far) and beer cheap.

This was the real China, rice field, ox pulling ploughs, suicidal chickens and  rabid dogs.  Do this trip it was FANTASTIC.

Lovely place to stay

Mac and Lousie near Moon Hill

Mac and Mable with a pomelo we think

The Outside Inn

The Outside Inn Hotel

The Outsie Inn - Chaolong