Fantastical Sites: Li river and Tutorial Update

Probably everyone has already seen pictures of this unbelievably beautiful landscape. It is the Li river in southern China, which is a popular traveling site, and has long been praised for its beauty. After merging with several other rivers, the Li river is part of the Pearl Delta, a watersystem ending in Guangdong province, that consists of several rivers and lakes.
Among the most commonly known features of the river is elephant trunk hill, a natural arch in the river, but there are more, and caves, too.
Along the Li river, there are fishermen using cormorans to do their jobs (this is also done in Japan, Macedonia, and several other countries where it has not survived to this day). The cormorans get their neck bound, so they cannot swallow larger fish they catch. When that is done in lantern-lit boats or bamboo rafts after dusk, it makes for wonderfully inspiring sights. The cormorans are usually well taken care of; cormoran fishing is, however, a custom slowly dying out.

Similarly beautiful is Ha Long bay in Vietnam, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has inspired many Vietnamese poets and features some inspiring rocks formations, such as the kissing rocks.


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Thanks to: foureyes SerenataPhotography GeraldWinslow MT-000 scholl JuhaniViitanen Margote darthvader05 angelob viet1098 michalp bourgeois matschristiana trung89 MariaKlara Miriam1989 mangartcomic

The next part of the Map Creation tutorial is now available in my blog.