September 6th, 2007: River Boat Cruise to Yangshou, River Show, Market Place, Spades, Hard "seat" cafe

Today we got up at 6 in the morning, ugh, to prepare for our cruise to Yangshou on the Lee River. Many famous people of cruised this river. The beauty with all of the mountains are well known throughout all of China and the world. Its beauty was put on the 20 Yuan(Chinese Currency) bill. Though it had beautiful scenery and I enjoyed it thoroughly...myself and others became a little bored. So we had the FAMOUS LEE RIVER SPADES TOURNAMENT! Whoot Whoot. The cruise took 4hrs. If we would have driven it would had taken us about 30 minutes.
*interesting fact- the area that we cruise was the main location where the Survivor China show was filmed*



We arrived at Yangshou and walled through yet another market to our hotel. There we were set free unitl 6:30 that night, the time to go the cultural river show (Which was SO cool!).I wondered about in the market and found myself my own little "Happy Buddha". I also found a Hard "seat" cafe. Obviosuly a mock of Hard Rock Cafe-Lunch was great there was great. It was the best burger I had throughout my whole stay in China. The Banana Milshake was different but pleasant.



Following on through the day was the River show, which was fantastic. The cultural music, the story I did not understand, the lights. Oh, there were lights that lit up the mountains, fog on the lake, people with flames, and people with dresses that lit up. It was 70 min well spent. This show was/is held in the largest outdoor theatre in the world.! I would highyl recommend this River show to anyone.





A)Boat Ride- to respect and honor China's natural beauty.
River show- to reflect on China's taste for the performing arts by reflecting the culture as a whole.

B)Make me remember that nature should not be underestimated, forgot or abused.

C) We do the same thing in the States to honor beauty--Yellowstone, Texas Outdoor Musical Drama, etc...

D)The rivershow gave me goosbumps. I learned its not always about ourselves.