Haungguoshu Falls and the Stone Forest near Kunming

Haungguoshu Falls and the Stone Forest near  Kunming

The last two things we did were we visited Hunagguoshu falls and the stone forest near Kunming city.  Both were interesting and fun to visit.  We came away from this trip realizing that these attractions were visited by a lot of Chinese people and that there were a lot of people that traveled and visited places of interest throughout China.  Everywhere we went there were long lines and restaurants and hotels were packed.  Tourists were everywhere.  We were glad to get back to Tianjin after a week of traveling through southern China.

Above the falls was a beautiful garden of bonzi plants and rocks.

Haungguoshu  falls.

 Haungguoshu  falls.

 

We are on our way to walk behind the falls.

You can see all the people walking on the trail behind the falls.

The people on the trail to the falls.

From behind the falls.

 

 From behind the falls.

From behind the falls.

The trail and a rainbow.

The other side of the falls.

From the restaurant where we had lunch after walking behind the falls.

The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

  The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

The Stone Forest.

Instructions at the beginning of our walk through The Stone Forest.

Our entertainment on the bus after our walk through the stone forest.

Anshun Southern China

Anshun, Southern China

On this trip we also visited 2 Naxi villages.  The Naxi build all there building out of stone as opposed to the wood framed villages of the Miao. We would get on a bus for a few hours and then visit a village and then get back on the bus and drive to another one.  We would end back at the hotel in Anshun because the villages were way too small to have big hotels. One night while walking around we found a group of people had divided off a large part of a square and were dancing.  Mom was asked by a Chinese man if she wanted to dance.  She of course took him up on his offer.  She really enjoyed the evening. We also visited a cave that had a Buddhist temple in it and another cave that had a river coming out of it.  We hiked almost to the top of a mountain to visit another Buddhist temple.

One of the Two Naxi villages we visited.

Naxi village.

  Mom trying out to be a game show model.

 

  One of the small ally ways in the Naxi village.

Naxi village.

 

  The Ground Opera

The Ground Opera.

All the kids were very cute.

Naxi village.

Carol Larson and a girl selling vegies on the street.

He was also selling food on the street.

The entrance to a Buddhist temple that was half way up the mountain.

Some of the roofs of the Buddhist temple on the mountain.

 

  The roof top of the temple on the mountain.

View from the temple.

Mom stepping out on me. (dancing in the street at night, the tango)

Some kurst mountains.

This man was blind but could still smile.

A Buddhist temple inside a cave.

All the kids made us think of our grandkids.

  This was a kind of scary bus ride.

Boat ride into a cave.

From the cave looking out.

If you didn't want to climb you could hire two men to carry you up the mountain.

She enjoyed the ride.

We stayed at the same hotel as this wedding. Can you find me in the picture?

Mom and Carol and Merlene in Anshun.

The other Naxi village we visited.

Naxi village. Stone house but satellite dish on roof.

Is she cute enough?

Naxi village.

Naxi village.  This was a much poorer village.

This picture reminded me of  women in South America.

Little kids learning how to roller blade. This is late at night.