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2nd stop: Rainy days at the rice terraces of Longsheng

Posted by xanti | 22nd May 2009

those are supposed to be one of the most impressive rice terraces in China.. we were a bit unhappy as it rained a lot, but we were still able to grasp a bit of their beauty... they're just so huge! Around the farmer's village there live a lot of people of the minority folk of Yao people. Women starting from a distinct age will not cut their hair anymore and let it grow, they then bound their hair around their head. One of the lady that brought us up to the rice hills showed us their hair... it's actually not just one piece of long hair, but she had three big bunches of hairs each around one meter long... thoe must weight at least 5 kilograms, i duno how she manages to wear them all day long up and down this mountain.... a already struggled with those 500grams of mine ;o)

we stayed overnight at a very basic hotel in the village of dazhai... a bit of a tourist place, but quite empty at the time we came there ... we definetely realized it was not the right time to come there when we go

Continued | Julia and Jens discover East Asia

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