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Guilin Fisherman & hsi cormorants

     This guy lets you take your picture with him and his cormorants for 5 yuan...about 80 cents

Guilin, Li River

Guilin, Li River

     Locals call this 9 horse mountain because they think they can see 9 horses on the sheer cliff.  Nine is an important number in Chinese.  I think I can see one at the top but not 9.

Guilin, Li River

     Many of the local fisherman use cormorants for fishing. It takes a year to train these birds to fish for their master. They only fish at night. A lantern is put in the water at night to attract fish and the cormorants dive under the surface to catch the fish and return it to the fisherman's boat. Night is required to both attract the fish and prevent the cormorants from being seen by the diving birds. This has been practiced for centuries.

Guilin, Li River

Guilin, Li River

     Locals paddle their bamboo rafts along side our boats, hook a rope to the boat trying to sell fruit while being dragged by the boat... mostly grapes and lychee. I never saw any takers.  The boat captains don't seem to mind.