End of summer's warm water has come to an end, but one can still jump into the Xiangjiang River for a refreshing swim. We came across a few fishing, who said that their catch was pretty good.

Jul2017 This is a big river that lies slightly to the West of Changsha old town centre. There are several big modern bridges crossing the river at the Changsha area. The Metro also crosses under this river. You can get various nice views of this river from 1. top of Mount Yuelu, 2. when crossing the bridges, 3. the shores of Orange Island, 4. I did not get to view from the bank of the river, so I don't know if there are any nice vantage points along the banks to view. You can see barges carrying sand? ore? on the river and also tour cruise boats that go round the Orange Island. The river is OK (ie. not dirty nor smelly) even when I stand at the water's edge on Orange Island on a hot sunny day. FrancisTLim.