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The country side surrounding Guilin is one of the most beautiful areas within China. Note the mountains in the background. |
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The mountains are made from limestone. |
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Normally, this area of China doesn't receive a lot of rain. However, when we visited Guilin a typhoon had hit southern China. All we received from that storm was rain. |
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It rained on and off while we were on the cruise. During one of the breaks we took this picture on the roof of the boat. |
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We met these people on our cruise. They we from Ohio. |
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A boat we met in the river had too much cargo. It got stuck side-ways in the river. We were able to squeak by this boat by having everyone stand on one side of our boat. |
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Another boat had to come up and take off some of the first boat's cargo. |
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The Li River is a very shallow river. In many spots we could see the bottom. |
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The cane shaped greenery is bamboo. |
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Here, a couple of fisherman work in the rain. Their boat consists of a few pieces of bamboo strapped together. |
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I can't remember this Chinese person's name, but he was a college student home on break. He was a student of the University of Illinois. |
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Xixi comforts Lexi. |
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Life on the Li river. |
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Some of the natural rock formations along the route had names. This image is supposed to contain 7 horses. You'll need to use your imagination. |
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At the end of the cruise there were several vendors lined up to sell us their wares. Since it was raining pretty hard we didn't stop to look at any of it. We just headed for the bus. |