{"id":56,"date":"2013-04-05T16:57:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T06:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=56"},"modified":"2013-04-05T16:57:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T06:57:03","slug":"day-5-daytrip-to-yang-shou-from-guilin-242013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2013\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 \u2013 Daytrip to Yang Shou from Guilin. 2\/4\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke to heavy rain and low cloud on the one day when we really didn\u2019t want either. We were heading off on a cruise down the Li River, with its limestone karst scenery. As the boat was departing the rain was bucketing down and visibility was close to zero. As we entered the area of interest the rain stopped, the cloud lifted somewhat and we were left in a magically fairyland of wispy cloud and gigantic formations. Words could never do this place justice, and I doubt my photos will either. With all the recent rain the river was high and flowing quickly. The 4 hour trip took only 3 hours, with the boat going sideways at times, often close, very lose, to rocky cliffs.<\/p>\n

In Yang Shou we hired bikes and rode out of the city into the countryside. Rice paddies, market gardens, water buffalo working the fields, and the Hunters on 1950\u2019s vintage bicycles peddling along a country road beside the river, with towering karst formations all around. This was a \u2018pinch yourself \u2013 is this really happening\u2019 moment.<\/p>\n

Next stop was a coffee and ice-cream in a side street bookshop. Once again, it could have been a scene from a movie. While Carol, Kate and James did some shopping, I climbed a nearby formation in search of a geocache \u2013 my first in China. At the top, I was talking to an American couple and their guide. The guide had a friend was visiting Australia who had sent him some photos that day. As the guide was showing the Americans the photos I said \u2018That looks very similar to where I live\u2019. Next photo was a sign reading \u201cHyam\u2019s Beach, Jervis Bay\u201d. Small world.<\/p>\n

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Dinner \u2013 best one so far! \u2013 then the \u2018Impressions\u2019 show, a 600 cast show on water, with a natural backdrop of the karst formations lit up. The show was produced by the same person who designed the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. Wow.<\/p>\n

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On the drive back to Guilin the rain started again. Some days you just get lucky with the weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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