On our way to YangShuo, we pass rice fields. Depending on the time of the year, they are watery patches, watery patches with a few blades sticking up, verdant lush green, yellowing at the top (almost ready for harvesting), or just harvested fields. They are exquisite no matter what the time of year. This one is partially harvested.
Rice fields
Once in YangShuo, we board a boat for a cruise on the Li River which has some of the most beautiful, breathtaking views of anywhere on earth.
Li River
Li River
We return to West Street for some really excellent shopping. Here it is before the tourists arrived.
One of the other places we go when we visit Guilin is Longsheng where we see the rice terraces and two groups who are counted among China’s 55 ethnic minority people.
Here we see one of the Yao women, known for their long hair, demonstrating how she piles her floor-length hair on top of her head!
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