We've been on the move lately and haven't had a chance to hit an internet cafe for about a week or so. We are currently in Yangshuo, a dreamy backpacker village among some amazing karst rock formations. The closest big city you can find on a map is Guilin. Here's a quick update on where we've been since the last update:

In Xi'an we went to see the famous army of terracotta warriors. This army was made 2000 years ago to protect the tomb of the Qin emperor, located to the west, and buried underground. When the site was discovered about 30 years ago, the government built a large building over the pit, and has turn the whole site into a great museum. Excavations continue even today. The main pit is the size of 2 football fields, and holds about 5000 of the lifesize figures.

From Xi'an we took a train to Chongqing, on the Yangtze river. We spent the day there waiting for our boat cruise. Chongqing is a city of about 30 million people, but we couldn't find a single internet cafe or decent coffee shop. The main part of the city is built on a mountainous peninsuala, so trudging around for the day was a hassle as well.

In the evening we were taken to the boat that would take us down the Yangtze river, through the 3 gorges. Good news is that we had first class cabins, bad news was that we were part of a Chinese tour group ... more on that in a later post. We sailed downriver for 3 nights and 2 days, saw some amazing sights, before being deposited in Yichang, just below the massive 3 gorges dam.

From there, it was a bus to Wuhan, an overnight train to Guilin, them a local bus to Yangshuo. In this beautiful place we have the best hotel room in the city, and plan to spend about a week exploring the area.