Tropics

Day 44: Yangshuo (CN) – Nanning (CN). “We could fly into Shanghai, go down to Yangshuo, then up to Lijiang and across to Lhasa”, I suggested. Karen wiped the condensation from the window of the bus with her hand, gave a small nod and watched the little town of Yangshuo disappear in to the distance.

So impressed were we with China, that here we were, less than half way through our current travelling adventure already talking about what we would do when we returned next time. China had provided everything we wanted from our travels: Culture, diversity, scenery, interesting people and great food. But alas, as we only had a few days remaining on our visas, we now had to start making our way to the border and planning our route out of the country.

Heading south on the daily service bus to the city of Nanning, we passed through the 23rd parallel of latitude putting us geographically into the Tropic of Cancer. Outside it was still drizzling and the temperature was a chilly 8C, but after our cold trip through China, we hoped that now we were in the tropics it would signify the start of warmer and sunnier weather to come.