The "Great Wall" of Southwest China---The Golden Dragon Wall, and the ancient town of Luodai.


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January 22nd 2011
Published: January 22nd 2011
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Today, we USAC students took a bus trip to the ancient town of Luodai, which is about an hour away from Chengdu. And on the way, I (for the first time) got to see some of China's rural areas! I'm definately planning on visiting some remote villages when I go to Guilin (southern China) during the New Year break. Most of the houses were very old, and surrounded by beautiful wet red dirt, vegetables ... Read Full Entry



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The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

I wonder...did people used to live in these rooms? They are now closed off.
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

In an alley that lead to where the Hakkai dwelled. I wish we had time to have a gander!
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

This guy was the sweetest old man, ever! I felt so sorry for him!
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.

It's steeper than it looks...
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

And there's the drainage system behind him.
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

Anna, Madi, me and Kenzie.
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

Luodai's public gardens.
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

Luodai's public gardens.
The ancient town of Luodai.The ancient town of Luodai.
The ancient town of Luodai.

In front of the enterance to Luodai's public gardens.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.

These couple of girls wanted to take a picture with me and Madi, and soon enough, more and more people randomly joined!
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.

I love making friends with random locals!
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.

Miki-san and I. I love practicing my Japanese with her, here in China!
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.
The "Great" Golden Dragon Wall.

There's me in the blue! Doing the double peace sign!



23rd January 2011

luodai
Even most of chinese do not Luodai ,but it's really a nice place when you go there in srping .most of such places will dispear ...like Hutong in Beijing .it's shame for us .
27th January 2011

Guilin
I think if you are looking for something which is NOT touristy you need to avoid Guilin and surrounding area. It is very beautiful but unfortunately completely geared towards tourists, Westerners and Chinese, backpackers and tour groups. I think a better option is the Guizhou and Hunan provinces. The capital cities in both (Guiyang and Chansha) see very few tourists. In Hunan you can visit the cute Phoenix (Fenghuang) town in Hunan, touristy but tourists are mainly Chinese and the neighbouring town Jishou (which I visited briefly) should be a nice place to visit, with guaranteed no tourists. In Guizhou you can travel out from Guiyang into the countryside and visit both "normal" villages, and minority villages, some of which are interesting, some are turned into spectacles. It is easy to get from Chengdu to these areas.

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