At the terrace

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Hi All!
I've been here at Longji Terrace for a couple days, walking around in the terraced rice fields, staying in a wooden building, built post and beam... Uh oh, my massage appointment is here... gotta go...
AAAAHHHHH... That was very nice, now it is hard to be online and not sleeping , so this will be brief. Made my way around yesterday and today in thesee fields and villages, and will head out tomorrow to Guilin, then Nanning the following day to check out the sugar cane pulp product factory near there.
The stay here has been fun... good food, nice people, though a bit aggressive on the selling of their stuff. Great weather, too. A few clouds today, but nice and warm. The place I'm staying, run by a woman named Among, is very nice, I have a private room, little electric blanket heater, and they serve meals if I want them.
Anyway, brief post this time, but a few pics for you to look at. I have a couple stories from here, but they will have to wait...
Thanks for all the comments, they are great to get, so keep em coming!

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Photos

Yao woman and me
in front of terraced fields

Ping An
Set in the fields

Dinner tonight
"Bamboo rice" was rice cooked in a bamboo piece, over an open fire, very good. The other dish is mixed local veggies

The typical house
well, this one is new, but they are mostly built the same, timnber froma, wood panelled siding.

Afternoon friends
From Germany and Argentina. I ate lunch and walked with them this afternoon.

Terraced fields
with wooded mountains in background. Not bad scenery!

More terraced fields
I have tons of these pics, and it's hard to tell the best ones as I choose them from the camera...

Comments

[super bon]

glad you're safe
didn't see all these postings until today...they are so wonderful! you are looking like you're having lots of varied experiences and meeting some interesting people. i just shared all the photos with my friends from school; i love the terrraced fields. oh, and great hat! any photos of the factories? will you be sick of fish when you get home? rice? short people? (just kidding Sam) been a bit worried not getting the blogs; glad to know it was just a glitch in the system (what a surprise)...i enjoyed the various forms of transportation photos as well! love, bon.

[jc]

loopy
Banks-Awesome picks. Notice a beer hiding in several pics. Your customers are starting to wonder what kind of business trip your on. Loopy running smoothly...nothing to worry about. Alsmost out of stock of everything, but don't worry we'll all get by. JC

[Ha!ley]

hi!
hehe....you're like twice as tall as that lady...:) it's nice to hear from you! that place looks like it'd be interesting to live at. it seems like those fields go on forever! see you! miss you! hope you're having fun. love, ha!ley

[hot mama]

That poor little yao massage therapist only gave you a foot and leg rub because THAT'S ALL SHE COULD REACH!

[LoopyLupine]

Glad you're caught up!
The first factory would not allow pics. The next one I will be at either tomorrow night or Friday. Hopefully I can take pics. I will be staying there at the factory. I'm mostly only tired of "HALLO!!!" as I walk around...

[LoopyLupine]

Back to work tomorrow
Joel, rest assured that I will stop this vacation nonsense, and get down to business tomorrow at 3:34pm when I arrive in Nanning. I will be staying one or two nights at the factory and checking it out, and hopefully going to the sugar cane farms, too. The product full cycle research begins... If it is sunny and nice, I will wear extra clothing so I am uncomfortable, and completely un-vacation like. Hopefully it will rain and I will be miserable, suffering through the research for my customers!

[LoopyLupine]

They are a little shorter than me...
But you're right, Hailey, it would be fun to live here. A lot of work, though. Even though it is now very tourist oriented, the villagers still work the fields, and it is very hard. Imagine climbing around, hoeing all the fields, carrying things up and down the terraces, etc. No tractors or plows here, it's all done by hand. Miss you too!

[LoopyLupine]

HA HA
You're right about that! But it still felt good!

[Skipping school]

Great shots!
Hi Dale, I'm loving all of the beautiful photos... Keep them coming. The shots of the river were great, and I like the street scenes, too. It's interesting to look at all of the things going on in the background such as the kinds of vehicles, what people are wearing, the condition of the buildings, etc. Sorry to hear you have to get down to business today after all of the vacationing...guess you have to do something to get that tax write off! Keep those pictures coming and think like I do, "future Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, etc!" : ) Have fun! love, can