Yangshuo

Yangshuo - A major tourist stop along the Li River, they have a shopping street called West Street but I think they were too busy selling other items to get around to selling watches.

We cruised under cloudy skies and occasional showers past river life including villages, water buffalos, water taxis, and bamboo rafts with fisherman, tourists, and vendors.

Traveling the Li River
Impressions of the Li River

Traveling the Li River

Kelp Fishing

Li River Side Reflection

The bike rider was given a ferry ride across the river.

The limestone Karst rise above the Li River.

Red Flag

A working village along the river.

I'm not sure if this was a double date or a hired cruise.

Water Buffalo

Cleaning in the River

Playing in the River

More Water Buffalos

Li River Sample

One of the few rice paddies that we passed.

A Tourist city with a western attitude.

When you exit the boat you are led through a covered gauntlet with vendor stalls on both sides as far as you can see. Finally, you break free onto West street with more shops and vendors to entice you.

Actually the vendors had it toned down a notch, maybe because we were on a later boat.

Impression on Sanjie Liu

On the banks of the Li, we sat and watched a show unfold on the river. Torch carriers and singers danced their way across the water under colored lights and in front of the majestic Li River scenery. Modern music and traditional folk songs filled the air. The audience was entranced.

Review of Impression on Sanjie Liu

An extravagant folk show.

Impressions of Li

What are you looking at?

The Cormorants are famous for being harnessed by the Chinese throughout history for fishing. Natural fishing birds, their beaks or necks were strapped stopping them from swallowing their catch. However if they returned to the boat the fisherman took the fish but gave them a bite size reward. Now they primarily do tourist duty.

In the Airport book shop I found the books that I had expected to see but hadn't found. There were a series of white covered books about America. One was called "America's Unforgivable Crimes" which included pictures of Dylan, LBJ, miners, hurricanes, and a news clip on George Bush's record 1000 jobs lost. The text was in Chinese but there was a quote in English America is not heaven but a highly civilized country. What can you say to that?

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