A few hundred meters downstream we found some smaller caves, mere dents in the cliff really. But we ducked into them anyway just to prove to ourselves that we didn’t need to pay to go in a cave! Farther down the river I found another cave that was navigable farther in. However, there was a bamboo raft tied up inside it and this made me wonder if someone was living in there. I didn’t want to intrude on someone’s bedroom so I backed out and didn’t explore that cave either.
We were now more than half way between the towns of Guilin and Yangshuo, so instead of driving back out the bad road to Guilin we went directly to a hotel in Yangshuo this evening. Yangshuo was a town built in a narrow valley with karsks looming over it on all sides. These were lit up at night and gave me the impression of ancient Chinese gods standing around the town looking down at us.
