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Our trip to Yangshuo in 2014 included side trips to Hezhou and Huangyao - I dug up a few more shots there This looks like a branch of the tree I posted here - Our room in Huangyao These are at the Yushilin, or Jade Rock Forest near Hezhou
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We started out from Nanning. First we tried the ferry, on County Road X005. It was closed for the duration - hadn't been operational in a while. Then we tried County Road X013 Little gates like this one are common in China - it is wide enough by a few inches to pass through without having to fold the mirrors.
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Original 19th century visitors who wished to visit or live on Victoria Peak traveled by sedan chairs - until the Peak Tram was built in 1888. Still in operation today, although it's been through a few changes, we were able to take the tram to the Sky Terrace viewing platform. The viewing platform offers spectacular views of Hong Kong the Harbor, Kowloon, and the surrounding islands. See Wikipedia article Victoria Peak Boarding the tram is via a Disney-esque line which wraps around the entranceway. The line is not too long, but moves fairly slowly, with departures only every 10 to 15 minutes. Only 150 passengers can be carried at a time. One tram leaves the Peak, while the other leaves the Central Tramway station simultaneously. That is, only ONE tram goes up, while the other goes down. The track gradient is between 4 to 27 degrees.
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Darya Boyi is a village that is so remote that there are no roads to it for several hundred kilometers. Many of its residents have never left the village. It is China's largest village at 2,000 square kilometers. The village is approximately 400 years old. It may be cheaper - and easier - to relocate the remaining residents rather than to try to connect them to the modern world. It does not show on maps. "Rivers" in the area tend to run dry, except during the rainy season. Information and photographs for this post came from East Tour China, CGTN.com, and Google and Mapcarta maps. Mapcarta is the only source I saw that identified its location. CGTN is China Global Television Network - China’s new international media organization, formerly known as CCTV News. Map and satellite images from Google and Mapcarta, with added annotations to show Darya Boyi The video is from CGTN America Read more at Explore Xinjiang’s 400 Years Old Hidden Village Darya Boyi (Easy Tours China), or The case of the disappearing village in Xinjiang (CGTN.com) -
水月岩风景区 Shuiyueyan Scenic Area or Water Moon Rock - I think it's like a Zen version of Rock Scissors Paper. A new area they're developing - 1/2 price since it's still under construction. Jiaying had visited there back in the 1980's. They say I can visit for free once I'm 70.
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This was our trip to the Yulong River, a small tributary of the Lijiang, near Yangshuo. This is where the boats start from, most heading South for a one-way trip downriver. We headed North for a round trip to the Yulong River bridge. Jiaying got us on an economy tour - a boat that looked like it would barely stay afloat for only ¥130, instead of the ¥200 that most people paid.
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On our way to dinner in Soho at the Ho Lee Fuk Restaurant in Soho, we paid a visit to the Man Mo Temple 文武R on Hollywood Rd. This was a short walk from our hotel, just a couple of blocks headed up Victoria Peak. It was a VERY short walk up Aberdeen St. to Hollywood Rd., and then West to the temple, or East to the restaurant. It is one of Hong Kong's oldest temples, built in 1847.From Wikipedia Man Mo Temple
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From our trip The hotel was largely vacant, although they did seem to have plenty of activity on the grounds - two weddings, a WaHaHa Guangxi convention, and one other. Only around $30-$35USD per night. Building No. 5 here is where Mao held a big CPC pow-wow back in 1958 Some of the traffic you contend with in Nanning The road to Yangmei. This one bypasses the ferry. but has major truck through traffic. Some of the potholes require evasive techniques, but nothing really undrivable like on our last trip Definitely USDA Choice ribeye . . . traffic on the way home due to an accident about 5 miles ahead. This is on a 2 lane freeway More pictures later
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An ongoing topic - click here for Most Recent Post previous topic - I Call it 'Hot Dog and Lychee Day' The summer solstice is an occasion for many in Yulin to celebrate with lychee wine - and dog meat. The festival is still going on, although protestors have been trying to shut it down for years. I have some pictures from past years of dog carcasses displayed for eating along the street, but the activities have gone increasingly underground - the only thing I've seen in the past two years have been tables set up at sidewalk restaurants in preparation for an evening meal. Pet cemetery: chilling scenes inside China's dog and cat slaughterhouses
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An ongoing topic - click here for Most Recent Post from the Global Times Selling a town down the river "Ancient" towns are big business in China these days.
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An ongoing topic - click here for Most Recent Post Some pictures from Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, Baisha and Xianggelila a trip we took last summer - click through on the above link to see all of them Jiuxiang Caves near Kunming The buses had water cooling systems for the brakes. We stopped here to reload
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from Goldthread - an interesting article, but it doesn't seem like a place you'd want to visit. Inside the Chinese caves where SARS may have originated Preserving a fading culture in Yunnan
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from Goldthread Inside the walled villages of ShenzhenThomas BirdMAR 18, 2019 The New Crane Lake Residence in Shenzhen, China. / Photo: Thomas Bird/SCMP Our visit to Dapeng - The Dapeng Fortress
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Guangzhou is now my favorite of the three largest cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou). Some very beautiful settings, good food, and excellent shopping - a lot of crap to wade through, but some more down-to-earth, nuts and bolts & wholesale shopping than I found in either Beijing or Shanghai. Shamian Island is separated from the rest of Guangzhou by this little moat, which looks more like something you wouldn't want to step into than even consider swimming in.
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Another nice new little park in the Yulin area - this one is in between Yulin and Beiliu, an easy day (or afternoon) drive for us. With a nice new forest already planted - it's still under construction . . . and some NICE views
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The 'Big boy' shop had a ½ price sale today. It's right across from the Yulin Dongkou Dog Meat Market, so we dropped in for a visit. First time I've been there apart from the "Dogmeat festival" I didn't get much of a reaction, except for a few "Hello's" and some "Don't take MY picture!" waves, but Jiaying says they weren't real excited to see me. A policeman did come up after a while, but went right past me without looking. DON'T scroll down much further if you'd rather not see the pictures. Okay NOW is the time to stop!
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The first thing you see is this entrance (space for one car) - with a mirror reflecting your car back at you. The entire building has about six of these wide, with one on either side of the building Under a normal parking scheme, this space could accommodate 12 parked cars. This building is about 8 stories tall. When you drive inside, you're now on a palette or platform which will be dedicated to your car. This picture shows that the palette may be lifted, rotated, and stored out of the way You get out of the car, lock the doors, and leave. Looking up at the previously stored vehicles At the end of the day, the car is returned to the same location, still locked up tight.
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. Another of what I call "swimsuit specials" from the People's Daily. This one is fairly unique - well worth going through all 30, in my opinion. Hot baseball cheerleading squads in China's Taiwan
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The 园愽园 Yuan Bo Yuan or Rich Garden is another new park in Yulin - still under construction, but just now coming into shape as a pretty nice place. Fall colors, but no falling leaves - just pretty flowers. The People are NOT trompling through flower beds - there are pathways thoughtfully placed for picture and/or selfie taking purposes.
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A new hotel in Wu Cai Tian Yuan, or 5 Color Fields. I'm not sure what the lettering says - it seems to be Geng du Shan Zhuang 耕读山庄, or something like "Meeting Place', so I figure I'll call it "5 Color Hotel". "Cultivate reading. . . Villa" seems to be the best translation of 耕读山庄 that Google can come up with.
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Three things you don't see in China very often are rifles, firing ranges, and Republic of China flags. Huang Shaohong was a Kuomintang delegate to the peace talks after the Chinese Civil War in 1949. He helped negotiate the peace treaty which was rejected by the Kuomintang leadership. He later joined the Communist Party, but was labeled a 'rightist' during the Cultural Revolution and ultimately committed suicide in 1966. We visited his home near Rongxian in the Yulin prefecture. See in Wikipedia - Huang Shaohong
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龟山 Guishan is Turtle Mountain, part of 龟头岭 (Guitouling or Turtle Ridge) Park. The park started as a simple backwoods hiking trail from the road going past the University to the mountaintop. By the time I moved there, it had evolved to a little park, with a road to the base of the mountain, and a paved stairway to the summit. Now it is one of the newest development areas in Yulin. These are some pictures I took in 2010 and 2011. Tremendous views from up there, both to the east and to the west.
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We seem to visit about once every six years - this is our third one. Some major improvements to the grounds The big guy is still visible from our bathroom window, but just barely From my Bathroom Window . . . and more pictures on my Facebook post from 2010 https://www.facebook.com/randy.walser/media_set?set=a.125738317458276.14007.100000663263693&type=3
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We took a Sunday afternoon trip to 仙河 北流市 Xiánhe Běiliú, just a few miles up the road from Yulin. No chicken this time. A new ancient banyan tree for future generations
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My wife and I will often go for a walk through the 龟头岭 (Guitouling or TURTLE Ridge) Park before eating at one of our favorite chicken shacks. This last weekend was a LITTLE on the cold side here in Yulin, so there weren't very many people. In Yulin, "cold" tends to mean anything below 70°F (about 19°C). The park is MUCH more active during warmer weather. Walk this way . . .