Dazhai Rice Terraces, Guanxi Province, China

At the city of Wuhan we said a rushed goodbye to my Ladies from the boat trip, and we went in different directions to catch various trains and buses. We had a long frustrating day after getting passed from pillar to post, and we were told that the train station we were aiming for was the wrong one - trains didn't go to Guilin from there. We decided to ask anyway at the ticket desk only to find that sure enough we could get a train to Guilin from there! Maddening! SO frustrating, so much so that we were feeling that the time for leaving China is getting very close!

Anyway, we made it to Guilin overnight and caught a couple of connecting buses to Longsheng rice terraces - a place where we had been last October. This had been one of our favourite places last time and we had wanted to visit the area again in a different season. This time the fields had been recently planted with rice seedlings and were water-logged - which made for great pictures. We stayed two nights at our old guesthouse who were pleased to see us again after so long. During the day we climbed up into the hills and walked along the ridges. How nice it was to be away from the cities and noise and all those communication problems, and to be back amongst the peaceful, relaxing surroundings of our tiny village and the terraces of Dazhai. * Mush