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Waste of time -- this is the 1st place in China that I refused to pay to enter - a complete rip off - like most places I've passed through, the Chinese have put up a chair lift and charged for its use but here they made a road to the top of the mountain and placed a gate just before the village, calling it a sencic spot, but it was the villagers that carved the fields over the centuries, so without the villages they will have nothing and on top of this none of the toll takings goes back to the villages. The whole thing feels very iffy just because it is recommended by the guide books they see it as a money maker -- 04:27:32 09/09/01
Good day -- to leave after 3 relaxing days swimming, hiking to remote villages, and crossing many bridges its time to move on, to Longsheng just 2 and half hours away by slow bus. Longsheng is famous for Long Ji Ti (Dragon Backbone Terrace) -- 04:13:55 09/09/01
Moved out -- to Changyang Bridge Hostel,right next to a "Wind& rain" bridge built by the Dong people,made from wood with not single nail been used. The Dong are also famous for their water wheels powered by the flow of the river. The countryside here is stunning with mountains, valleys, rivers, waterwheels and small villages connected by the "Wind& rain" bridges (which where used as gathereing places in time of bad weather -- 04:04:11 09/09/01
bill, what's up? -- Hey Bill! Nice website. Sorry to have missed you in Lamusi. Where are you these days? Drop me an email sometime. - M -- 00:36:36 09/08/01
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Hey Michelle -- I'min guandzhou at the moment, nive to hear from you -- 04:02:23 09/09/01
This has turned out to be another epic bus journey -- it has taken me 3 buses and 48 hrs to get to Sanjiang and its only around 350 km away.
-- 02:54:11 09/07/01
are you in HK? -- Your estimated arrival in Hk was Sept 1.
It is now Sept 6. Please update? -- 13:38:22 09/06/01
Rain, rain and -- more rain my wish has come true, rain everywhere, now Chongan has turned into a mud wallow, river has risen 1 foot, so caught bus back to Kaili which is not much better -- 08:54:25 08/12/01
Dust, Dust, Dust, -- if it's not raining then it's hot, hot hot and dusty - now I wish for rain. Here I came for the market and the miao people - struck it lucky - got kicked out of the hotel for a TV crew that is making a film of the area but I get to see the miao reception which are all dressed up in their traditional finery -- 08:49:30 08/12/01
DINNER -- Kaili In Guizhou has not been discovered and spoilt by masses of tourists as yet and is cheap, cheap, cheap, room $2.50 (all prices are in US dollars) nite, internet (fast DSL, ISN lines) $0.25c hour, bowl of noddles $0.25c. The hardest part in staying here is knowing what to eat for dinner - looking is easy as there are pots and pots of food everywhere but meat been what it is looks much the same all cut up - pork, beef, lamb, PUPPY CHOW - so pointing is just no good. Anyway, it is in the middle of summer and one just cant eat all this meat by one self - now to find 4-6 others to share - after all I am in "Gouzhou - Dog Prefecture" -- 09:07:15 08/07/01
3:00pm -- 3 BUSES, 3 cities and 7 hours later I get into Kaili - a city famous for its "dog hot-pot" restaurants (Y30 a pot) - the last 2 buses are the best buses I have been on in China, both express, with the last one even given peanuts and bottled water, plenty of leg room and only 5 passengers. Here, around Kaili I will explore the surrounding villages of the Miao, Dong, Yao, Shui, Mulao and Gelao minorities and maybe rubber tyre down a near by gorge (Dragon King Gorge) -- 00:24:52 08/07/01
6:00am -- arrived by over-nite train in Anshun (between Kunming and Guiyang), this was to be my base for exploring Huangguoshu Falls - one of the widest and highest in China - and huge karst caves in the area. But most hotels where booked out (only expensive rooms available) so went straight to the falls themselves and found guest houses for Y30-40 nite. Most of the sights cost money to get in, but found a water fall that was free, but to get to it I had to cross one mountain, go down a valley, pass water buffalo and wade through rice padi fields -- 00:19:38 08/07/01
