In 2009 October holiday (to be precise, actually 1 week earlier) was for legendary horse trekking in Langmusi
2010 the plan was to trick the holiday masses once again by going for holiday just at the moment when most people were returning from their holidays.
Just a short (2,5h) Rizhao-Qingdao bus trip and a short (~2h) flight Qingdao-Hangzhou and another short flight (~2h) Hangzhou-Guilin. Total door-to-door traveling time ~11h and the holiday could start.
Guilin (Guangxi province) somewhere far South in China is the midpoint for 2 places to visit:
Longsheng rice terraces - fields engineered on the sides of mountains
Yangshuo karst hills
Local lady from the minority group sharing a bus with us, later on we actually stayed our first night in her house.
Longsheng terraces in fog.
Life is still very traditional, no high rising houses, many houses near village can be reached only by foot on small tracks.
Food, not served yet
Soon to be harvested
Morning fog
Not for everybody! Dog being prepared, burning of the last fur. Other dogs waiting their destiny in cages.
Market in Yangshuo town
Karst hills and rice fields
Lady walking her watercows
... or more like swimming them
One-eye, this model is still in production and very popular. With a nicely noisy and polluting 2-stroke engine.
Bamboo rafting. Most Chinese tourist groups come only for this attraction, not bothering to get to know the actual country life in this gorgeous corner of China.
This gave us actually an opportunity to get to see the place very undisturbed.
River scene with karst hills
Infrastructure scene with karst hills
Cannot wait to get exploring again....
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