This past weekend I visited the Hunan province for work meetings on Monday in the city of Shangde. In this province is a natural park located where the landscape is sensational. Most scenes of he movie "AVATAR" were shot in this park, and they left a few souvenirs...
The rock formations in this park are very particular and were formed millions of years ago after one of the ice-ages. My colleague Nick shows one of the craziest rocks I have ever seen...
The scenery is truly spectacular and we walked for about 10 kilometers along paths in this park with also lots of stairs up and down. A great work-out on the Sunday morning.
The people who lived in this region for thousands of years have a demonstration village and museum of how their traditions have been created and maintained throughout the centuries. The photo above shows a bride-to-be who has to go through a preparation period of "weeping". Don't ask....
As always with these ancient cultures, very colorful clothing and amazing music instruments. The photo above is in front of a place where they perform concerts with those huge drums. The village where we stayed was beautiful in the early morning when we started our walking tour.
It was a very nice Sunday with my colleague Nick, one of our colleagues in China and our tour guide from the local people. She does that 10 km tour almost every day; super fit lady!
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