A bit of Olympic sophistication in a small town.....(Yangshou, China)

Yanghsou is a small town with a population of just 300k. In this area there are over 20,000 limestone pinnacles and mounds from when the area was once an ocean 190m years ago, providing some stunning scenary. As an area of natural beauty, tourism is the main industry here and so a little English is spoken. This is quite a sweet town and the people are very friendly and equally fascinated with us as we are with them! I went to a light show here performed on the River Li with the backdrop of the spectacular mountains and pinnacles, which they lit up behind the stage area. There was the full moon peeking over one....so the setting was quite lovely. The show was devised by the guy who responsible for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, so it was a nice surprise to be able to see this show in such a small town.
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