 27 kilometers from the Major and Minor Stone Forests where special tourist cars are provided for visitors to come and fro which costs 2 hours. The landscapes are including the Dadieshui Waterfall, Xiaodieshui Waterfall, Cave of Celestial Being, Pigeon Garden, Half-Waterfall Park and Qingshui River.
The Xiaodieshui Waterfall’s drop in elevation is 20 meters and it is 10 meters wide.
1.5 kilometers west of the Xiaodieshui Waterfall, the water pours down with great velocity, sending out a thunderous noise audible for several kilometers. It is the Bajiang River, a tributary of the Nanpan River, coming to the fault that forms this waterfall with the drop in elevation of 87.8 meters which is 18 meters higher than the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province. During the monsoon season the range will increase to 60 meters thus make the Xiaodieshui Waterfall to be the largest one in Yunnan and ranks first in Pearl River.
To have panoramic view of Dadieshui Waterfall the cable car is a good choice which costs 15 yuan for single trip and 20 for double trips yet, walking down the stone steps digging along the hill will lead to the destination as well.
The Qingshui River lies in the valley near the waterfall which is 3 kilometers in depth.
The Cave of Celestial Being which is hundred-meter long and 6 to 10 meters wide, 10 to 20 meters high is facing the Dadieshui Waterfall in the middle of the mountainside where has stalagmites, stone curtains and etc.
The Dadieshui Waterfall Scenic Area has the ability to provide perfect services and tourism facilities with shops and restaurants. And the Dadieshui Waterfall will open to visitors all day long with the ticket price at 18 yuan.
It is about 30 km southwest of Lunan County, where the Stone Forest is located. After visiting the Stone Forest, many travelers might then visit the waterfall in the afternoon. In Lunan, there are many minibuses to the Dadieshui Waterfall for RMB5.
It is very safe, conviniect, enjoyable and confortable to take cable car to have panoramic view of Dadieshui Waterfall. It costs 15 yuan for single trip and 20 for double trips yet. walking down the stone steps digging along the hill is also a good choice to lead to the destination.
The Dadieshui Waterfall Scenic Area provides perfect services and tourism facilities with shops and restaurants.We are so excited to be featured in this months Byron Life magazine.
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GOALS.
This guide is intended to help those who are considering a significant offshore passage where the vessel will be beyond easy return to port or shore based assistance. It is important that anyone sailing offshore be prepared to deal with any emergency situation, even when participating in a group crossing. Assistance from other boats, freighters, or Coast Guard aircraft is very limited. In most cases if your vessel is incapacitated the only alternative is to be taken off by another vessel. The loss of a rudder or a mast without an alternative frequently means the loss of the vessel, yet many have suffered one of these failures and made port safely with a jury rig. The difference is preparation.
Who’s responsible?
This is a challenge common to all boats, regardless of size or type, and is best described by the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations and U.S. Sailing Prescriptions, Section 1.02
“The Safety of a yacht and her crew is the sole and inescapable responsibility of the owner, or owner’s representative who must do his/her best to ensure that the yacht is fully found, thoroughly seaworthy and manned by an experienced crew who have undergone appropriate training and are physically fit to face bad weather.
He/She must be satisfied as to the soundness of hull, spars, rigging, sails and all gear. He/She must ensure that all safety equipment is properly maintained and stowed and that the crew knows where it is kept and how it is to be used.
Neither the establishment of these Special Regulations, their use by race organizers, nor the inspection of a yacht under these Special Regulations in any way limits or reduces the complete and unlimited responsibility of the owner or owner’s representative.
The ISAF requirements represent sailing’s best understanding of the equipment and training appropriate for offshore sailing. The appropriate Sections are an excellent guide for any off-shore passage and are part of the requirements for the Pacific Cup Race. Deal with it; no whining.
Understanding the objective
The very first task is to clearly describe the Objective, and from that it will be possible to organize and set priorities for the very large task of preparation. If the boat and owner are making their first ocean crossing it is a challenge that will involve a significant commitment of time and money.
There are as many different objectives as there are boats on the ocean; but there are some common elements that need to be considered and addressed. Balance and consistency across the program will go a long way towards safe, fun, fast.
What are you trying to accomplish? If the answer is a safe passage to Hawaii, you’re a Cruiser. If you are focused on bringing home one of the lovely trophies, you’re a Racer. And if you have your heart set on the Pacific Cup trophy, you’re a RACER. Sure, these are arbitrary categories, but just three points on a continuous line to help you benchmark your Objective. It can always be somewhere in between. Once you decide this sets the strategy for addressing all the other stuff.
Time and Money
No one ever said recreational sailing was a cost efficient way of travel; round trip airfare to Hawaii is a lot cheaper, regardless of the size of your boat or crew. It’s an expensive proposition, measured in Boat Units ($1,000) and without an upper limit. It is also a big time commitment, not the days you will spend on the ocean, but the days you will spend getting the boat ready to depart. There are a lot more of the latter than the former. If this is the first crossing for the owner or boat, you will likely spend a year prior to the start of the race getting ready, and wish you had started earlier. Your budget will likely be a wishful memory. Even experienced boats and owners will spend six months dedicated to the task. It is seriously foolish to assume some system will perform in the ocean; you need to be certain.
As most are aware, time and money can be substituted for one another; usually in larger quantities than you might expect in either direction. If you’re in a hurry, it gets even more expensive. Your budget and prep time line should be consistent with your objective, ability and experience.
Crew:
Right after you 1) decide to do the race, 2)select your boat (I’m not going there), 3)determine your Objective, and sort the Time/Money riddle, you will want to focus on the team you will need to make it happen. It is very important that the members you recruit understand and agree with the Objective. A crew mix of Cruisers, Racers and RACERS will be an exercise in terror and frustration if all are not in agreement on the Objective. Make sure everyone is on the same page.
Although I am unsure of the physics involved, boats shrink significantly when they are out of sight of land, and as a result place the crew in much closer proximity to one another than is true near shore. This invariably leads to the observation that there are more sailors than there are people you would like to spend 8-14 days with in close company. This is usually well understood at the end of a passage. Choose carefully, fun is at risk.
Nearly everyone would love to do an ocean passage, even if they have no idea what it will be like. Having someone decide after the first night that they really don’t want to be there will be a big problem. You will be much happier if you know this before the race starts and can buy them a plane ticket. Make sure everyone has done an off-shore overnight before they become crew.
The subset of your Objective helps define the kind of crew you need. If you are a RACER you need DRIVERS who are people who can keep the boat at 90%+ of it’s potential, catch waves that are unseen, allow the off watch to sleep like babies and can do all of this at 2am in a squall. If you are Racing, it’s nice to have a few DRIVERS for the exciting parts and you can fill in the balance with Drivers who can hold a course, keep the kite full, and avoid rounding up or down. Cruisers can be happy with Crew who can hold a course for Kaneohe, show up for their watch, and do dishes. You will find that you can tell who is driving from your bunk when you are off watch