Tuesday, May 20, 2014

All things stone


It is easy to imagine oneself to be in a land before time because of the unique karst mountains and beautiful rivers that run through them:  the Li and the Yulong in Yangshuo. 
Millions of years ago, this area was covered by ocean. When the plates shifted, the oceans receded, and the mountains were pushed up.  There had been alot of limestone and gypsum in them hills.  Sounds alot like Bloomington and southern Indiana, right? What makes these mountains so beautiful are the remaining formations the water made on weaker stone.  
Some mountains have been named Cloud-Catching Pavilion, Bright Moon Peak, White Horse Cliff, Five
Tigers Catch a Goat Hill, Folded Brocade Mountain.   


That is me in front of Moon Hill

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