【ItwasraininglightlywhenI（41）___（arrive）inYangshuojustbeforedawn．ButIdidn'tcare．Afewhours（42）___，I'dbeenathomeinHongKong，with（43）___（it）chokingsmog．Here，theairwascleanandfresh，evenwithth】

　　It was raining lightly when I（41）___（arrive） in Yangshuo just before dawn．But I didn't care．A few hours（42）___，I'd been at home in Hong Kong，with （43）___（it） choking smog．Here，the air was clean and fresh，even with the rain．

　　I'd skipped nearby Guilin，a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River（44）___are pictured by artists in so many Chinese（45）___（painting）．Instead，I‘d head straight for Yangshuo．For those who fly to Guilin，it's only an hour away（46）___ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city．

　　Yangshuo（47）___（be） really beautiful．A study of travelers（48）___（conduct） by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10destinations in the world．And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia．Abercrombie & Kent，a travel company in Hong Kong，says it（49）___（regular） arranges quick getaways here for people（50）___（live） in Shanghai and Hong Kong．