http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Guangxi , Ping An en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:44:24 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:44:24 UTC China. The word itself seems to invoke a sense of intrigue and mystery for most people.Only those that have actually visited understand the true meaning of this vast and quickly developing country of the far east. When people especially westerners think about China images of The Great Wall Shanghai Hong Kong The Forbidden City or Tiananmen Square all come to mind. However within this im http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/blog-308924.html still more photo issues give me a breakTaking a bus from Guilin to Longshen and then from Longshen to Ping'an seemed like a big pain in the arse but meeting a Spanish couple who spoke Mandarin on the bus definitely made things easier The road to Ping'An is interesting to say the least a zigzag on a mountain edge and nothing but the odd bamboo to keep us on the driver was however not as muc http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/blog-282793.html We left Sanya on our 3 hour bus ride to Haikou just as a tropical storm was developing. We realised how lucky we were having had beautiful sunny weather for the past four days. The next stop was Guilin merely a transit point from which to explore the outer villages of Ping'an and Yangshuo. A quick insight into the city of Guilin was positive beautiful gardens and lakes a main street catering http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/blog-167629.html There seems to be a bit of confusion about Ping AnLong ShengLongji at least in my mind. I was'nt truly sure about where i was when i was viewing the rice terraces....was I in Ping An still Was this Longsheng or was it Longji I was looking at No signposts that i could see no big maps in the hotel maybe i just wasnt looking hard enough. Anyway it harldy seems to matter to me now it was all http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/blog-74754.html