The 1st October was auspicious in China this year for two reasons. Firstly, it marks the start of the celebrations commemorating the founding of the People's Republic of China. Secondly it marked the Hawkridge Family's first foray in to deepest, darkest China.
Our trip began with an early start of 530. We managed to check in fairly quickly despite half the population of Shanghai also being at the airport! We had a leisurely breakfast and wandered to our gate half an hour before our flight was due to leave.
We were greeted by an official in a bit of a panic. It transpired that we'd been put on an earlier flight and were the last to board! To make matters worse we had to squabble over our seats with a family who had already taken what they thought were spare seats.
Because of our earlier flight time there was no one to meet us at Guilian airport and the holiday wasn't feeling such a good idea, especially as we'd all been up since 530! Fortunately our taxi driver appeared in the nick of time. The drive to Yangshou was spectacular and it was lovely to see so much greenery! William and Oliver were pleased to spot lots of water buffalo! Also reassuring to us was the fact that the driving style doesn't change where ever you are!
The Giggling Tree was everything we had hoped. Our room was lovely and the mozzie nets went down well with two of the Hawkridges!
We had a fantastic lunch followed by a walk to the river.
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