CHINA
(29.10. - 5.11. 2006)

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Yangshuo

View of Yangshuo and the limestone peaks from my hotel room.

Li river - boat trips between Guilin and Yangshuo are big attraction for Chinese tourists, but getting out of favor with foreigners. .

Farmers harvesting rice - unlike in the mountains around Longsheng, in the valley there are two harvests a year. 

Limestone peaks as seen through "Moon Hill".

View from the Moon Hill.

The best way to explore the countryside around Yangshuo is on a bike. Luckily I managed to find one rental place that had newer bikes almost big enough even for myself. 

Country around Yangshuo

Some of the villages in the country date back several centuries - according to one guide, these are Ming-dynasty houses from the 17th century.

Hong Kong

View of the Hong Kong Island from Kowloon

My guesthouse was a collection of several flats in one of these huge unattractive apartment buildings.

Hong Kong has nice green parks, beautiful modern buildings, as well as some older not-so-well maintained houses.

Construction is booming, though.

Daytime view of the Hong Kong island with a traditional fishing boat in the foreground

Aberdeen is a fishing village on the southern side of the Hong Kong island

Fishing boats in Aberdeen

Man Mo temple nested among skyscraper apartment buildings.

Hong Kong has many antique shops with statues and paintings from all over Asia - many very beautiful.

"Central escalator" is 800m long and is a unique construction of this kind in the world.

Scaffolding made of bamboo

View of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak - during sunset

View of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak - at night

Japan - Mt. Fuji

Due to frequent cloud cover, airplane offers unique opportunity to see the peak of Mt. Fuji.

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