Blogs from Longji Rice Terraces, Guangxi, China, Asia - page 2

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

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

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. Obwo... read more

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 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