We blew up a rock to attain Yangshou. This is surely not the usual technique of arrival to this picturesque village on the Li River in China’s southern province Guangxhi, but it was necessary.
Two huge, nasty, many-tonned boulders blocked the road and our bus journey. After futile attempts using a hammer, someone produced a jack hammer and within an hour a fuse was laid, we evacuated and BOOM! the rock was blown into pieces.
Fortunately our guanxi (Chinese term similar to karma) was in order, as we didn’t bring down more of the hillside in the attempt. That hadn’t seemed to cross anyone’s mind anyway. It still took several hours to clear the smaller debris however the wait was worth it.
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