Longji

These terraces seem to roll on as far as the eye can see. Little stone paths cross through them for the farmers to navigate their way around. Bamboo pipes carry water up to the top of the mountain and small ditches trailing off each of the terraces to the one below enable water to flow from the top to the bottom levels.

Limestone, Yao, and rice

October 26th 2008
Tyler is off to Guam for a cross country race. Jessica to Japan to compete in a tennis tournament. Hmmm, that leaves Matt and I with 3 days all by our lonesome. What better opportunity than this to travel to a region Jessie has already been and Tyler certainly doesn't want to venture into. Guilin and Yangshuo are famous in China for their unique limestone mountain formations and ethnic tribal ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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