Li River (25th October 2015)

We cruised the Li River from Guilin to Yanshuo. When tectonic forces squeezed up the ancient sea beds, they made lots of lovely rumply bumps around this area. And since it's mostly limestone, all the water seepage has created thousands of caves underneath the bumps.

Water buffalo get a fairly easy time here, except for a couple of days a year when they help with rice field ploughing.

The river is for transport and fishing, but more importantly, for tourism.

 We didn't go into this cave. The schedule included a later stop at a larger cave.

Phoenix-Tail bamboo is not indigenous to this area. It was introduced to perfect the aesthetics - to introduce a decorative feature between the water below and the limestone lumpy bits above.

One of the highlights of the tour was the Impression Sanjie Liu performance on a part of the river.

My phone camera (and photography skills) don't give a good impression. Best to check out what someone else has captured and put on YouTube.