Yangshuo

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Because Yangshuo was so hot and humid it was impossible to live, I decided to spend my days on the water, kayaking and canoeing. I did a kayak descent on a Li river and an air canoe descent on a Yulong river. So I gave my camera a rest and it was in a room for most of my stay there (what a relief for my back!)

Scenery is impresive! A bit less impressive however is all the trash that is flowing on both of the rivers surfaces.I mentioned it to my water agency guide and he explained it was just a result of too many tourists. There was a lot of non tourist stuff floating in both Li and Yulong rivers. I agree its a same problem in all touristic areas, but here, they don seem to have adressed the issue yet. I wonder how the rivers will be in 10 years time.

Besides the watersports and main attractions I visited on bike there was another "must see" in the town. Zhang Yimou s light and music show IMPRESSION SANJIE LIU that takes place at night on a water surface, with the lit karst mountains as the background. We were lucky enough, cause the night was clear and when the lights were turned off before the show began...the stars would shine brightly up above us.

Many times so called "typical this, typical that" performances for tourists are a big rip-off. This one is very well worth going to! Zhang the man! Any time again!

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Photos

Yangshuo
on the Li river bank

Yangshuo
eco friendly tourist transport

Yangshuo
the lotus pond

the show
the start of the show...just darkness, canvas in the middle of the black water surface, fishermen passing the reflection of it

the show
the sound - a simple song

the show
the light - all but simple

the show
the local fishermen

the show
are one of the

the show
main protagonists

the show
of the show

the show
cause

the show
it's only them

the show
that know how to move on that stage

the show
to perfection

the show
Dong minority girls singing the Grand Song

Comments

[Mladen]

Carske fotke
Pa to je Geografic, Ksenči! Lepo ga ti kruzaš po Velikanki, a se sploh vračaš? Pa hvala za kartico, lepo. Tuki pa u izi, družina pa služba, pa oldtajmerji. Pozdrav, Mladen

[xen chi]

Mladen
Hej jst sem e doma, ampak ker je bilo tako malo časa po mojem premiku iz Kunminga in ga je bilo škoda za sedet pr compu, bom preostale poste objavila zdaj.

[Petra]

OMG!
Yangshuo sm skos cakala joooj ko je lepo!