LongJi of Longsheng

On Thursday we took a long ride to LongJi. LongJi means "Dragon Back Bone". LongJi is a rural area with lots of terrace rice farms. It is high in the mountains at a maximum height of 1600 meters. The road up to LongJi is very interesting for the last 30 kilometers. One knows when the driving becomes serious, the driver rubs his Tai (a red decorative item that hangs from the rear view mirror in the car). Another way to know is there are road signs showing zigzags (the Chinese are not free with road signs).
Two thirds of the way up the road ends. Then we and our luggage needed to hike over 1,000 steps to the lodge. The beginning steps are easy and well formed, the latter steps are made of stones, some big and some small. I only know from the walk down the next day, I was sensible and accepted a sedan ride to the top, Marsha walked.





The lodge was more primitive than our other housing, but was very nice. The room was made of wood and had a beautiful cedar smell. The walls were thin, the guy next door snored a lot. For a while it looked like our visit would be a wash out. Around 5 PM the rain lessened, we were able to walk to the most photogenic sights. Around 6 PM the fog came in hard, we had to rush down the several hundred steps to our lodge.

The next morning we climbed down to the car at 6 AM. Let the pictures speak.