Before leaving to China, I had hoped that during our time there I would be able to visit the famous Karsch Mountains, sometimes affectionately referred to as the "Gumdrop Mountains". You might say it was on my bucket list. Last week Rhonda and I had the opportunity to visit Guilin and take a trip down the Li river which flows through the middle of the Karsch mountain range. We ended up in a town called Yangshuo. We spent the night there at a beautiful hotel nestled in the mountains. I have included some pictures below of our experience. They hardly do these mountains justice. It is almost like being on another planet. I've never seen anything quite like it.
Li River, flowing through the Karsch mountains. It felt as tranquil as this looks.
A local moving produce down the river
Move photos of the Karsch range. We were in awe.
Once we reached Yangshuo, we stayed at a hotel nestled in this environment. Here we are on the hotel grounds.
Another view from our hotel
When we returned to Guilin, Rhonda and the Carriers went on to visit some rice fields a few hours north of the city. My back wasn't up to the trip, so I stayed in Guilin and took a stroll around this beautiful lake. These two structures are called the Pagodas of the Sun and moon.
Yesterday, we all went to visit this new tower in Chengdu. It is opening this weekend, but they let us take a trip up to the top. (for a nominal fee :-)
Here is the view. Yesterday was literally the clearest day we have experienced here in Chengdu. Normally, we would not have been able to see the first set of buildings below due to the pollution. We were pretty excited to have such a pretty day!
Again, I close this blog entry with the cutest thing we saw while on the tower...this sweet little boy and his mother!
(ps- you can get some feel for the size of Chengdu by looking at the horizon. It looks like this 360 degrees. 14 million people.)
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