More Guangxi Province

Tama and I spent some wonderful time at the Dragon Backbone Rice terraces.

The local Yao people have some very pretty clothing and handicrafts. But the reall attraction is the rice fields the villagers have cut over the centuries into very steep mountain slopes. We'll have to upload some pictures at some point to give an idea of how scenic this area was. We stayed at a very comfortable guesthouse of the traditional wood design and construction.

Now, we're in Yangshou, not too far from Guilin, with the fantastic karst rock formations. I didn't recognize the town when we arrive... it has changed a LOT since the last time I was here. More neon, more lively and a great deal more Chinese tourists.

One more note- I cannot reliably log in to my yahoo email account here in China. If you could cc email sent there to my gmail account at jwbratton@gmail.com, that would be great...