{"id":2702,"date":"2019-10-08T21:31:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2019-10-08T21:31:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:31:46","slug":"guiyang-guizhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/guiyang-guizhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiyang \/ Guizhou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Chengdu I traveled to the city of Guiyang.
I used this city as the launchpad to visit a variety of areas in Guizhou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jiaxiu Pavilion in Guiyang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zhijindong Cave<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is an immense series of spectacular, interconnected chambers within a limestone hill. Most of the cave is “dry”, with it’s collection of formations no longer “dripping” to continue adding layers to it’s stalactite\/stalagmite array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is said to be China’s largest cave, with the stunning series of rooms and huge concert-hall sized chambers reputably stretching out 12 kilometers. I don’t know the linear distance of the publicly accessible areas, but they went on, in on, and on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The famous “woman with mother-in-law” formation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Xijiang Miao Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guizhou is peopled by a mix of ethnic groups, with minority groups making up a third of the population. One of the largest groups is the Miao people, and their villages and towns are scattered throughout the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miao women wearing huge decorative headdresses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miao men playing an odd angled variety of flute at includes vertical components of varying sizes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Huangguoshu Waterfall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is China’s largest waterfall. In addition to the main waterfall, there are several additional falls, and even a dripping cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aw… This one is just a baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Big One!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With new friends from the “three parallel rivers” region of Yunnan Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Qingyan Ancient City<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Quite close to Guiyang is the old fortified town of Qingyan.
Its foundation dates to the 15th century. My friend Molly kindly volunteered to help me get there, and then guide me around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of the few rainy days I encountered in China during this early autumn trip. When we arrived at Qingyan, the rain was coming down in buckets! We waited out the worst part of the storm in a tiny restaurant until the rain had subsided a bit. Within an hour of venturing out again, the rain stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heavy rain reduced the flow of other tourists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I asked the mother if I could take a photo of the little girl all dressed up. The mother agreed, but then insist that I also pose alongside!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back in Guiyang city<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Chengdu I traveled to the city of Guiyang. I used this city as the launchpad to visit a variety of areas in Guizhou. Zhijindong Cave This is an immense series of spectacular, interconnected chambers within a limestone hill. Most of the cave is “dry”, with it’s collection of formations no longer “dripping” to continue … Continue reading Guiyang \/ Guizhou<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}