James & Quene travelling around the World

Hi from Yangshou in Guanxi province, in Southwest China.
This area, along with the main city of Guilin about 60km north is famous for the surrounding countryside, with it’s characteristic limestone peaks, that you can see in many a traditional chinese painting.

Yangshuo is also a travellers mecca, lots of people from everywhere decend here as it’s got great views, plenty of rivers where you can take noce boat trips and great biking country. It’s a pity it was so cold here when we got here, as we couldn’t really do much of these things, but the best time to visit would be spring/autumn.

View of one of the main streets in Yangshuo (travellers mecca)
Vistas de una de las calles de Yangshuo ( guirilandia)

This is actually medicine (snake wine). There are also restaurants that server you up snake and snake blood, if you wish to drink it!
Aunque no lo parezca esto cura muchas cosas ( vino de serpiente) :/

This fisherman catches fish with cormorants, at night time they go out on trips along the river to catch fish.
Este pescador pesca con estos pajaros (alguien sabe el nombre en espanol?

Espanol
Hola desde Yangshuo ,Guanxi province, al suroeste de China.
Este area incluido Guilin a 60km Norte es famoso por este careacteristico paisaje, que se puede ver en tantas pinturas chinas tradicionales y
ha inspirado a tantos poetas.

All around Yangshuo you can find this type of landscape
Alrededores de Yangshuo

Yangshuo es la mecca de los viajeros , especialmente los mochileros (como nosotros), mucha gente de todo el mundo viaja aqui para disfrutar de los paisajes y
de los deportes de aventura que se pracican aqui, muchos rios y canales y sobre todo montar en bici y visitar los alrededores
Fue una pena que hiciera tanto frio.. y no pudieramos hacer mucho.La mejor temporada para venir es primavera o otono.

From Hong Kong we wish you Merry Christmas
Desde Hong Kong deseando a todos Feliz Navidad

We decided to go on a 3day cruise along the Yangze River, the 3rd longest river in the world at 6,300 km. Famous for the 3 gorges, some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Also just as famous for the 3Gorges dam being built accorss the river, which will unfortunately flood parts of the 3 Gorges.

As the tourist season was coming to a close, we managed to hop on the last boat upstram from Yichang to Chongqing, it was a boat normally used only for Chinese tourists, so we had a bit of “fun” trying to communicate and “fit in” with the Chinese way of doing things, there was only one other westerner, Jochen from Germany who was also “enjoying” the Chinese way of doing things! Gruesse Jochen, if you’re reading!

The locks at the 3 Gorges Dam, 6 ships fitted in the lock, and there were 5 different levels, took about 2 hours to get through… Way bigger than anything we’ve ever been through on the River Shannon hahaha…

Ohh those misty mountains…

Beautiful

This was a smaller day trip up a tributary of the Yangze with even more impressive gorges! Where we got onto a canoe boat wich at one stage was pulled along the river by the oarsmen. The tour guide had everyone on the boat sing a song, when it came to our turn we both sang “Molly Malone” which they enjoyed!

For starters, I’ll have… (James practising Chinese in a restaurant)
De primero nos gustaria tomar….. (James practicando chino en un restaurante)

Shibao Pagoda, this will be turned into an island when the dam is completed and the gorges fill up with water…

A statue from the City of Ghosts on the River Yangze

Espanol

Decidimos ir 3 dias de crucero por el rio Yangtze , el 3er rio mas largo del mundo 6300 km
Famosos por los 3 gorges, uno de los paisajes mas impresionantes que se puedan ver , tambien una ocasion unica ya que estan construyendo una presa que disminuira su altura y su espectacularidad.

He encontrado un grafico que explica como lo estan construyendo desde el año 94..

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/graficos/nov/s2/presa.html

Durante el crucero hicimos un tour en barca, la guia se puso a cantar y nos hicieron cantar a nosotros tambien… y nos pusimos a cantar Molly Malone:
In Dublin Fair City..!!! Hacia tiempo que no me reia tanto… desde Guan Tallagh Mary.. guajira Guan Tallagh Mary.!!

Como la temporada de calor se acabo justo pillamos a tiempo el ultimo bote turista de Yichang a Chongqing, era un barcopara turistas chinos asi que pasaron un poco de nosotros y encajar con ellos ( no hicieron ningun esfuerzo , en otros sitios se desviven por entendernos)
Solo eramos 3 guiris, nosotros y Jochen de Alemania , “disfrutando” de unas vacaciones a la manera china.

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