Choose wisely!

Lou broke the camera so this is an appalling mobile phone photo of a cracking view from the balcony of a lovely room at the Riverside Retreat in Yangshuo (cheap, cheerful and very popular). Do book a room with a view though - we were lucky there had been a cancellation so we could upgrade on the first night, the next day we had to move to the worst room in the hotel - no view, a bit smelly and a magnet for mosquitoes- a real backpacking experience. That was the day Tris became ill and had to stay in bed for 36 hours! So it goes.