Preview of Bethverde’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Huang Guo Shu, Guizhou Province, China Entry Title: "Under the Waterfall and Back Again" Entry: "My father has been kidnapped by girls in silver headdresses. Silver tassels dangling and jingling in the waterfall draft, they giggle and check each other's red and blue garb while they arrange themselves around Dad, their bright clothes eclipsing his black baseball hat and blue jeans. My mother stands to the side; I can't decide if she wants the same fame my father is experiencing or if she's hoping that they don't notice the blonde, blue-eyed woman standing around. She looks hopefully up the trail, in the direction of the waterfall we want to walk behind. First though, comes Dad's 10 minutes of fame. These girls, and the other people who stopped him throughout the day to take pictures, are tourists too. The girls' headdresses and elaborate Miao are novelty items shrewdly rented to the hordes of tourists who come to Huang Guo Shu-China's, maybe Asia's, largest waterfall. The Miao, the largest local minority, have beautiful traditional dress, but the woven patterns are outshone by the gigantic jewelry. The headdresses, more like crowns, reach a foot high above the girls' foreheads, and free-hanging wands and tulip-shapes of silver caress the ears. Full costumes are completed by huge crescent ...