http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Guangxi , Longsheng en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:01:48 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:01:48 UTC Guilin noodles for breakfast was good. Tastier than the noodles in Yangshou 3.5RMB. After trying in vain I managed to get rid of my fake 50RMB to the bus station for the ticket to Longsheng rice fields back to where it came from. Juan Juan taught me to check that the notes made a sound when you flapped it and if you werenrsquot sure it was ok to ask for change in 10 and 20RMB notes as they u http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-305899.html Our local guide had a little bit of trouble pronouncing Terraced... Rice paddies are something nearly universally associated with China and 500 years ago in Longsheng the villagers created a series of terraced rice paddies high atop the hills. Creating a topographical rice landscape that is totally cool. The village of Longsheng is also totally worth visiting. Longsheng is a tangle of steps an http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-290542.html Saa er vi her soerme igenVi nyder Kina rigtig meget maaske isaer fordi vi har slaaet hjernerne fuldstaendigt fra Vi er jo paa en organiseret tur og behoever derfor stort set ikke at soerge for nogen ting selv og det benytter vi os vanvittigt meget af. Vi har for eksempel lige siddet og diskuteret hvor vi var henne lige foer vi kom hertil og vi skal videre i morgen men ved ikke rigtig hvort http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Longji/blog-280777.html Said farewell to beautiful Yangshuo and all the western food that it holds.. and headed by bus to Longsheng to check out the rice terraces.We were under the impression that our hostel was in DaZhai where the terrraces we wanted to visit was. As we hopped on a minibus from Longsheng to DaZhai the hostel owner popped up at our bus window and said Hello are you Andrew Sharp. Turns out the host http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-274401.html Guilin is a small city of about 670000 people and pretty much seems to be shrouded in a constant gray fogcloud which makes it very humid. Walking around everything is wet even when it hasn't been raining and I don't just mean outside. As we were looking at hotels to find a place to stay we slipped and slid around the lobbies and hallways. We found a place to stay that was reasonable desp http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Pingan/blog-265239.html August 25 2007 August 26 2007We were ready and waiting for our bus to Longsheng at 720 am and luckily we were there on time Michelle is a very punctual person Andy and I are not as the bus only stopped for a minute. We spent about 30 minutes stopping at various places around town to pick up more passengers. We pulled off to the side of the road and the bus driver mumbled something in Chine http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Pingan/blog-196529.html Z Dali wuruszylismy w droge autobusem do Kunmingu mial byc pociag ale jak dojechalismy na stacje okazalo sie ze nie ma na najblizsze 2 dni nic wolnego tzn byly ale jakies drogie bilety wiec pojechalismy na dworzec autobusowy. Droga byla przyjemna w dodatku siedzialem tuz obok kierowcy a jest to najlepsze miejsce w calym autobusie nie ma to za duzo wspolnego z naszymi autobusami http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Longji/blog-188112.html Yao singinghair dryer salesmanHair demoLoom The next morning we all met at Dom and Sophiersquos hotel for breakfast and low and behold our waitress was the girl Dave Sean and Nicki had saved the previous night. What a coincidence. Karenrsquos sister Susie somehow ended up in Yangshuo at 4 in the morning so she joined for the trip to the rice terraces. Dom and Sophie were wicked hung over a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-140762.html A loud city clock chimed early in the Longsheng air awaking me fifteen minutes before my scheduled 7 am alarm. A quick look around happily revealed nothing much had changed during the night. Yes still in an exceedingly basic hotel room devoid of any sense of homeliness. And yes the city outside still looks gray and as plain as this room. But who cares I wasn't here for the thrilling citys http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-128974.html Hi AllI'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 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Pingan/blog-123940.html We bussed from Yangshuo back to Guilin Guilin to Longsheng and up a long rode to the Yao minority village of Dazhai. We stayed in a wooden hotel that night freezing our butts off in the 30 degree cold but it was all worth it to wake up at sunrise the next morning and hike the 4 hours to Ping'An over steeply terraced rice fields. I could not believe the sights and had to ask myself how I was s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-120159.html Wednesday 6th September 2006Today we visited the Longji rice terraces also called the Dragon Backbone Terraces. The journey on a very mini minibus took around 4 hours. The worst toilet observation happened at the toilet stop on the way. Luckily Irsquod Sam limited my liquid intake and didnrsquot really need to go but was going to go lsquojust in casersquo however the toilets were in t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Longji/blog-91240.html HelloDid you think I'd dropped off the end of the worldThere are times when it's felt like I haveI've been in distant territories had lots of adventures lots of experience but sod all internet accessAfter leaving Yangshou last week we set off via three bus transfers to Longsheng still very rural but very different in landscape.Here the countryside is mountainous and forrested wi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-58350.html These beds are like oak boards. Man are they tough on the back. I pulled the sheet back and discovered that I'm sleeping on a just a box spring. What happened to my mattress We have a nice console between the beds that controls our TV room lights and the bed lights. Trouble is the knob on my side controls Ruth's light and the knob on her side controls my light. But at least they work.There http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Longji/blog-54558.html We decided to change hotels because well because of several reasons. It all started with the broken bed lamps. There was only one working bulb in the center of the room. It wasn't too bad during the day but at night it felt like a prison cell. I went down to ask the owner if we could move one room over. She came up to confirm the lights were not working and said she'd send her husband up to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/Pingan/blog-54423.html We have been in Yangshuo now for eight days. Bill had to go on to Shanghai so we decided to take a two day excursion into Longsheng. We hired a driver for 175 for two days to take us there for two days and then back to the airport in Guilin.Longsheng is the area known for their terraced landscape. We plan to visit the Yangji and Pingan villages there.We had a travel breakfast of coffee boug http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-54086.html C'est quasiment notre dernire tape de notre 3week winter tour in China. Then only Guilin is left...but it was not so nice a veut dire que je pense pas poster de photos especially after this La rserve Longji. Ca consiste en quelques villages perchs en haut de montagnes de rizires. La monte des 300 millions de petites marches depuis l'arrt de bus pour atteindre les maisons restera un s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Guangxi/Longsheng/blog-51545.html