Ch 28: Diablo in YangShuo

July 26

Our last full day in YangShuo was cut short by the advent of rain starting in the early afternoon. The previous night was taken up by a trip to the riverside to watch the local birds/fisherman catch fish. It was a great show.

Today we were planning on heading out to a Karst/Mountain that many people say provided great views of the area. We wandered around town and found that the activities of the people and the views from the riverside were interesting enough on a rainy day.

In the late afternoon we decided to head over to an Internet/Game Cafe. Interestingly enough, a major past time of young Chinese is to hang out at Internet Cafes (which are everywhere) and play games/chat with their friends. Not wanting to be left out we ended up playing 2 hours of a networked Diablo 2 game. While it sounds out of the ordinary it was actually us getting close to how locals like to spend their free time (and Yuan).