Kel, Nuria and Nestor en route to the Dragon Bridge near Yangshuo

A fisherman with his Cormorant fishing birds

Great Wall

A worker along the Li river

The steps ahead on the Great Wall

Kel on the Flying Fox - the reward for a very difficult climb!

Empress Dowager Cixi

Our lovely Yangshuo travel companions, Nestor and Nuria from Spain

Trekking through Tiger Leaping Gorge

Ah, travelling can be so stressful!

The Yangtze rapids at the bottom of the gorge

Great night out with our new Aussie friends Michael and Abbie

Lush scenery along the Li riverside

Stunning scenery at the world's deepest gorge

It's a long way down!

Dramatic karst landscape along the Li near Xingping

The local Yangshuo specialty: Beer Fish

Floating down the Li River, near Yangshuo

Just pick out what you want cooked fresh for lunch!

Good-bye Shangri-La, Hello Lhasa!

View out of a tower on the Great Wall

A brief rest stop on the 10 hour/30 km gorge trek

An ancient street in Pingyao

A museum in Xi'an: one of the several stops on our Terracotta Warrior tour