Getting towards the end of the ride……..
Less greenery here
Until we came upon farms
The yellow blooms are from the rape seed plants
Villages along the river
What a picture
Might be Green Lotus Peak
A place for cormorant displays
A spot closer to the end of the river tour
You can board here for a shorter tour
Riverbank at low water
More boats to board
The shorter ride
Lady with her pole of two cormorants
We continued on
Taller peaks
Sheer cliffs
Crow on the bank
More vertical cliffs
So much to see
One way to carry things
Sheer cliffs on one side
Straight up
Eroding slowly
The convoy again
Hazy smog
Birds tethered to the pole
Low water
Quite shallow
More dog-like mountains
Riverbanks
This man had four birds for diving
People give them tips for photos
Two rafts, four birds
Trained for life
A village for tourists
Buildings covered with ivy – an attempt to avoid taxes
A row of peaks
Oxen are more like cows
Water will rise to the tops of this bank
A sharp turn left
Typical water buffalo – beast of burden
Very round body
Lots of trees added color
Too close for comfort
Still following
Buffalo on a walk
The 20 yuan bill – a scene from this river
The same view for real
Cool place to visit
Calm waters
We had fans who wanted our photo with them
Houseboat
Waterfall
Low water reveals wide sandy banks
Terraced kumquat plantation
Posing
Buffalo
Work boat
Bird in flight
Caves in the rock
Fisherman
Rock-lined bank
River traffic
Another creek flowing into the river
Getting lower now
Ducks on the bank and in the river
A building on the banks
End of the ride at Yangshuo
Fisherman
Lady selling kumquats
Sweet little fruit
People buying fruit as they leave the tour boat
The treasure tables begin
Miles of souvenirs
Some nice carvings
Long walk to our car
This town built up for the tourists
Famous hill
Items from India
Selling fruit
Many chain restaurants here
The dreaded durian fruit – eat at your own risk…..
Kumquat sales
Look….a KFC
A shrine in town