During our 1984 tour of China, we flew from Shanghai to Guilin in a Boeing 737. In those days, there were no restrictions on photographing from the airplane; and I had a few good shots of the River Li and Guilin as we approached the city.
In Guilin, more a little town than a city, we stayed at the Rong Hu Hotel, which meant Banyan Lake Hotel. We visited the Reed Flute Caves with its stalactites and stalagmites and dripping water droplets. We also attended a grand musical extravaganza based on a popular folk story called “third sister Liu”.On the boat, we had lunch; the supplies of fishes, shrimps, etc were from a fisherman who pulled alongside the tourist boat. We also purchased a turtle which the chef cooked for us at tea time. The kitchen was at the aft of the boat, and the water supplies came from the river, just downstream of the guest toilets!
Besides the magnificient scenery of the limestone hills on both banks of the River Li, it was interesting observing the rural peasant and fisherman daily lives along the river Li, especially the Cormorant fishing form bamboo rafts (only 5 bamboos), the rivercrafts used for crossing the river, etc.
The cruise down the river was very scenic and dreamy, like a Chinese ink-painting, with an occasional slight drizzle to add to the mist and mystic
Besides the magnificient scenery of the limestone hills on both banks of the River Li, it was interesting observing the rural peasant and fisherman daily lives along the river Li, especially the Cormorant fishing form bamboo rafts (only 5 bamboos), the rivercrafts used for crossing the river, etc.
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