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Shidu is a scenic strip along the Juma River, 100km southwest of Beijing. You can get a bus here from Lianhuachi bus station, a train from Yongdingmen Zhan, or tourist bus #10 from Qianmen, which leaves on summer weekends between 6am and 8am. The area earned its name, which means "ten ferries", from the ten zigzags the river makes as it flows through the karst rocks along a fifteen-kilometre valley. Nicknamed Beijing's Guilin, its lush foliage, craggy peaks and clear water make it a popular day-trip destination for local Chinese. If you're unlucky and get bad weather, the rain and mist produce views like a splashed ink landscape painting. The area along the riverbank is in places quite developed, with photographers and fruit vendors, but drift downstream in a boat or hike off into the hills and you should get some uninterrupted quality time with nature. You arrive by both bus and train at the tenth zigzag; you can rent boats at the ninth (Y10 per hour), there's a popular bathing spot at the sixth, and you can bungee jump (Y150) at the fifth.
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