After leaving Shanghai we headed for Guilin, the jumping-off point for a cruise on the Li River. The area around this fascinating site in south-central China was covered by ocean nearly 400 million years ago and over eons the sea floor was covered with remnants of shelled animals that created limestone rock. When the rock was thrust up by movements in the earth's crust and then worn down by weather and the river that formed once the sea was gone the most amazing landscape was formed. There are literally thousands of jagged limestone peaks that line the River Li and the surrounding country side. This area is breath-takingly beautiful.
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