Blogs from Longji Rice Terraces, Guangxi, China, Asia
Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
Published: April 11th 2012Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
April 11th 2012
Our bus to Ping An left Yangshuo just before 8am and about 3 hours later we changed to a smaller bus which stopped at a small village so we could have a look at some longhaired women. This place was very touristy with all the ladies from the village trying to sell us souvenirs and charging people to take their photo. Also, besides our busload of mostly Chinese tourists there must have been about 5 more buses full of tourists at the village as well. After wandering around for 10 minutes they ushered us into a large building where we sat through a short but entertaining cultural show. The length of the ladies hair was impressive, almost reaching the ground. From here it was back on the bus where we drove along a pretty river before ... read more
October 29th 2011
hey everyone, here are our pictures from the rice terraces, they are said to be the oldest rice terraces in the world (over 650 years). We were pretty lucky with our weather, it was cloudy, but not as foggy as what we heard from other travelers. We had a great day and enjoyed the small villages and mountains surrounding the Terraces! :) Hope you enjoy! Randi and Quinn... read more
Devil's Backbone Rice Terraces, LongSheng
Published: October 7th 2011Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
September 13th 2011
After the horrible early start (got up at 5:20AM) in Huai Hua I got on the train. Hard seat carriages have 3 person seats on one side and 2 person seats on the other. Every single 3 person seat was taken up by a person lying down sleeping, so that left only the 2 person seats. They were nearly all taken, but I found one with a working window. The first 2 hours were nice enough. Then a few people left and I grabbed a 3 person seat and tried to have a nap for another hour. I checked my map and realised that this train actually went pretty close to a place called LongSheng, the gateway to the ‘Devil’s Backbone Rice Terraces’, a place I wanted to see. So I got off the train after ... read more
August 10th 2011
I made two trips to Longji and spent about four days here in total. As previously mentioned my first visit was with a quick day trip three Dutch lads, who let me slow them down (I apologise for my lack of speed) hiking up to the view point. Thanks for letting me join you guys, and for drinks in the evening :-). The second trip was a hiking trip to fill a little time inbetween Guilin and the hostel I had booked in Yangshuo, and a little bit of an addition to my itinerary after a little arm twisting by Caro, a German girl from the hostel in Guilin. However before I begin my tales of Longji I'll give you the Conniepedia profile. The Longshen Rice Terraces (Chinese: 龙胜梯田, pinyin: Lóngshèng Tītián) also named Longji Rice ... read more
Dazhai - Pignan 22nd - 23rd July
Published: July 31st 2010Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
July 26th 2010
Longji Rice Terraces English below Seit ich in Guilin angekommen bin, war ich mit Wandern, Radfahren und Klettern sehr beschaeftigt. Somit hatt ich nicht viel Zeit meinen Blog zu aktualisieren. Ich kann mich nicht mehr wirklich an die genaueren Details meiner Tagestouren erinnern. Jedoch die Longji Reisterrassen werde ich sicherlich niemals vergessen. Der Weg durch die Reisterrassen dauerte 6 Stunden und ich hatte die schönste Landschaft von China vor mir. Das dachte ich zumindest. Angeblich ist die Landschat 10mal schoener bei der Tigersprung-Schlucht wohin ich sehr bald gehen werde. Als ich durch die Reisterrassen wanderte fühlte es sich an als waere ich alleine mit den Bergen und meiner Kamera. Ich traf nur auf 3 kleine Touristen-Gruppen. Die Wanderung ging durch mehrere Dörfer wo die Einheimischen dir anbieten dich bis nach Pignan zu begleiten. O... read more
July 8th 2010
After another overnight train ride from Guilin we took a local bus followed by another local 'chicken bus' (so named as you are likely to be traveling with the aforementioned birds). We then had an hour trek up the rice terraces to our overnight accommodation and arrived late in the day. The next day we headed off on our days trek to Ping An. It looked like rain when we set off, but the weather was kind to us after all. The mountains and rice terraces offer some impressive views and it makes you appreciate how hard the people that farm that part of the world must work. Climbing the steep paths, bent in half most of the day planting or harvesting the rice plants from the paddy fields. Part of Intrepid's responsible travel policy is ... read more
Trekking for Rice Terraces Field
Published: February 23rd 2010Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
January 16th 2010
16th Jan 2010 to 17th Jan 2010 "龙脊梯田，天下一绝 … LongJi Rice Terraces, the best in the world" as describe by the local people to this area In this winter time, temperature at about 5 celsius, a sunny day, i am standing in front of “The LongJi Terraces Scenic Area Map” near to the ticketing counter after 3 hours travelling from Guilin down town to this LongJi rice terraces, Ping An ... 龙脊梯田，平安 First notice of this place was back to my college time as I read a travel article, it was 12 years ago. It is about 1000 years history about this place and famous with its grand and amazing paddy rice field scenic along the hill side. LongJi became well known after published by one of the China photographer, lot of people being attracted to ... read more
Longhair, Screamers, and The Dragon's Backbone!
Published: November 3rd 2009Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
November 2nd 2009
I know you all read the title of the blog and are thinking, "What the heck...?" All will be revealed, fear not! First off, though, allow me to apologize for the lapse in writing. While I did not get full-blown illness like Jeremy did, I too was dealing was vicious nausea and the lingering effects of my head-cold for the past few days. Second, let me assure everyone that we are in fact feeling much, much better, after basically two days of bed-rest. And third, we appreciate all the comments that it's time for Jeremy to get a haircut - this we know, however; seeing as though we are in ASIA and probably couldn't find a barber shop if we tried (nor would they know WHAT to do with that mop of curly hair), we will ... read more
Day 42: Longji rice terraces
Published: October 30th 2009Asia » China » Guangxi » Longji Rice Terraces
October 28th 2009
On October 27th, we left yangshuo to see the rice terraces in Longji. The trip didn't go quite as originally planned but all things considered it was a success. The original plan was to take a bus to guilin, buy our train ticket from guilin to guangzhou for the next day, leave our big bags at the train station, take another bus to Heping, and another bus to ping'an (the biggest of 3 small towns in the rice terraces), and stay the night somewhere. The next day we would hike to Dazhai (another town) which is supposed to take 4-5 hours, then bus our way back to guilin with enough time to catch the train. I'd read that the overnight train from guilin to guangzhou left at 9:50 pm so I figured there was enough time ... read more
August 27th 2009
Day 420: Sunday 23rd August - Arriving in Longji Rice Terraces In my last post, I had just arrived in the town of Ping’ An 36 hours after commencing my journey from Lijiang. Needless to say on my arrival, I take the first reasonably priced accommodation. I can’t be bothered to look around. Thankfully this gives me my own room to get a good night’s sleep. On closer inspection, naturally after I’ve agreed to take the room, I find the bed is rock hard. It hasn’t got what the average person would describe as a mattress, it only being an inch thick. Tonight I’m going to have to grin and bear it, which shouldn’t be too hard in my present weary state but I’m already making mental preparations to see the rice terraces and move on ... read more
