Longsheng

Yesterday was another brilliant day - we went up 1000m to Longsheng to see the stunning Dragon's Backbone rice terraces.

A leisurely half hour walk up the mountain, through the 600-year-old minority Zhuang village of Ping'an, resulted in amazing aerial views of the terraces. The best time to come is probably May/June when they are lush, green and shimmering from the irrigation. But it was still beautiful. And a steady 20-22 degrees! Oh, how far we've come since Russia...

Climbing up to the village


Some ugly mugs


Rice terraces....


and more rice terraces...


and rice terraces from above


Tim at the top


Ping'an village


Cooking our lunch - bamboo rice


Vegetable sellers climbing the hill