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Trip Start
Jul 29, 2008
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Trip End
??? 02, 2009
Longsheng, Guangxi Zhuang, China
Friday, October 3, 2008
Once again it's heaving with tourists and the final half hour walk up the hill to the village is lined with souvenir stalls. We walk up to the viewpoint and realise the tour groups aren't leaving, they're also staying over for sunrise... And then when it's dark and the moon romantically emerges, rows of neon lights illuminate the terraces. So disappointing.
[cut to next day]
So sunrise brings out the crowds and shouty tour guides, neither of which we're in the mood for as in our busy hotel the thin walls did little to silence a snorer... We break out from the viewpoint and head along the terrace path to another - the path is much nicer and we get up close to the terraces.
Cue another hectic day of travelling involving bus back to Guilin (met really nice english couple, the guy from which used to go out with my classmate from school!), then an overnight train way over to the West, playing poker with some aussies and their tour guide. Aussies being awfully familiar, Scott gets the remark "Scotty, you're a sneaky little f*cker" when he sharks a poker move, which he takes remarkably well.
