TRAVEL: GUILIN CHINA 桂林

象鼻山  xiangbishan

蠡湖 Li Hu

Elephant tree trunk hill and Li river

sun and moon pagdodas

中国桂林  Guilin China

TRAVEL: GUILIN CHINA 桂林 龙脊longji rice terraces DAZHAI

GUILIN CHINA 桂林
龙脊longji rice terraces - 
dragon back rice terraces 
DAZHAI 大宅 民族 农村
Dazhai ethnic hill minority countryside


GETTING THERE

The easiest way to get to the terraces is a direct express bus leaving from the square in front of the Railway Station in Guilin. These buses or mini vans cost 50 Yuan and take 3 hours. also outside the bus stations you can arrange a mini van to take you - we paid 50 each to be taken up to the ticket office and he offered another 20 to the cablecar - and to collect us if we wished - e also did a stop for food, with a small supermarket and toilet. convenient to say the least  Alternatively, you could take a regular bus from the Qintan Bus Terminal in Guilin to Longsheng, where you would then switch to a local bus to either Ping’an village or Dazhai village (we went to Dazhai)

Of course, you can also arrange for private transport through your guesthouse, hostel or hotel in Guilin or through any travel agent. This will cost around 400 Yuan. you will see more on these trips and learn more about the history etc and get lunch (chicken cooked in a strip of bamboo - keep an eye out for this when you get there - and get to stroke a lucky field oxen)

Once at the car park, you’ll find a large ticket office. Entrance to the Longji Rice Terraces and the villages costs 80 Yuan per person (cheaper for student approx 40). From the ticket office, you’ll have to climb a bunch of stairs to get to the actual village, passing several view points along the way. You can hire someone to carry your bag from 20 Yuan (depending on weight) or you could hire a sedan chair and be carried to the top in style. there's also the option of cable car, and dont miss out on the waterfall nearby

 ask: zhe ge pu shi zai na li ? 这个瀑是在哪里？