Yangshou, Guanxi, China 15/06/08 to 17/06/08


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June 17th 2008
Published: August 2nd 2008
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The Karst hotel was strangely empty. I asked for a dorm room. The whole time I was in Yangshou in the Karst hotel I had this dorm room to myself. When I arrived the lady (Lilly) who rang the guesthouse asked if I came by myself. I said of course I did. She looked at me strangely. She said that Yangshou had just experienced mass flooding and didn’t I know? Just the day before the city had been ev... Read Full Entry



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Shuan Shuan in her rain poncho - hungry
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The Yulong river - flooded
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Me and Juan Juan
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Me and Juan Juan at the Bayan tree scenic spot. The Bayan tree is located about 6km from Yangshou, an important part of the Guilin li river scenic spots, one of the ten scenic spots of China.
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The Bayan tree. The tree was planted in the Shui dynasty about 1400 years ago. The film Lin Sanjie was filmed here. The paddy fields with graceful rhyme, limpid river, infinite variety, fresh green peaks, patches of flickering bamboo near the river and the partly hidden and partly visible village of Zhuang nation the aged waterwheel, leisure buffalo, blue sky, white clouds, and fresh air, human and nature are in perfect harmony here.
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A nearby tourist hut that rents traditional costumes on days with better weather
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Look how the branches of the Bayan tree have sprouted roots!
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Sprouting of roots from the branches of the Bayan tree
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Sprouting of roots from the branches of the Bayan tree
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Sprouting of roots from the branches of the Bayan tree
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Sprouting of roots from the branches of the Bayan tree
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Me and Shuan Shuan at the Bayan tree
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The bamboo rafters trying to clean up the mess from the flooding.
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The Bayan tree
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A younger version of the tree like the Bayan tree begins to sprout roots



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