Guangxi Province is home to some amazing geology. I went a bit snap happy today as we sailed up the Li River for over 4 hours, amongst the Limestone mountains.
If this blog software works as expected, this is the order of the pictures:
- Heading off in the flat bottomed boats
- The first of the limestone mountains. The peaks that remain are actually a mix of limestone and granite, making them stronger than the surrounding limestone, and hence why they have survived the erosion.
- The large green fingers of vegetation to the left of this photo is bamboo and it's bushy leaves. Appeared in some hidden dragon film thingy apparently.
- Cormorants ready to head out for a day's fishing - see the HSBC ad for more details, or even better, the BBC's Wild China programme (DVD available now from Amazon for less than 9 quid).
- Boat-side traders get ready to meet us in the middle of the river, and flog us some of their wares.
- More limestone
- Yet more limestone
- The Loo!
- the view from the loo! Must be the best view I have ever wee'd to!!
- Cat's Ears mountain formation
- Same as above, but in close-up, and with tasteful inclusion of bamboo plants.
- Another river-boat overtakes us.
- Oh yum - some Snake Wine being dished out (it was gross apparently).
- This is the view that appears on the back of the 20 Yuan note.
- This is the back of the 20 Yuan note!
- Somebody's dinner cooking
- Okay - the last limestone / bamboo combo.
- Me in a wee cab thingy avoiding getting soaked just after getting off the bod - it was tipping it down.
