As you know, I am now in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province and hundreds of kilometers from the Dragon’s Backbone and the Longji Rice Terraces. Now, I could have gotten here the easy way, by going back south to Guilin and catching a train to Chengdu. It would have taken two days and would have been very easy. However, I decided to do it the hard way. The hard way, and you will need a very detailed map of China that includes lots of small towns in northern Guangxi and southern Guizhou provinces to follow along, to make my way to another railroad town, Guiyang. Anyway, I woke up early on the third day in Ping-An, and made my way down to the bus, which left at about 9 am. The bus headed to Longsheng,
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