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myspices Says: When you are high up in Dazhai - look beyond - you might find a beautiful sight of "interlocking hills". Well, I assure you the scene in sight is more beautiful than what the camera can capture!
See Rice Terrraces.....Lots and lots..
myspices Says: Well, you main purpose of coming here is to see the rice terrraces....you got it....all around you! Dazhai is part of the famous Longi Titian (means Dragon's Backbone Rice Terrraces), the other being in PingAn, slightly down south (together with some of the other smaller...
myspices Says: One of the things to do is to trek down to touristy PingAn - just to check the difference.. We started at 8am. We had Mrs Pan, our guide of 65years old (boy!she's strong!) . The trek is 4hours, oneway. Mrs Pan explained that the pathway of stones/slabs along contours of rice...
Stay way high up in Wooden Houses...
myspices Says: Stay way up in one of those lodges stashed against the rice terraces. It really brings out the difference. Hang out in the balcony at night or early a.m for meals or a drink - air is cooling and refreshing. Wow! at night it's even more exciting - strong winds howl like it is...
myspices Says: For vegetarians, have not fear for hunger as you will find that most of the lodges in Dazhai has abundance of vegetables and they are real fresh ..... each family has a patch of land which they grow simple vegetables. They will most likely just pick the vegetables ordered...
Tian Ti Hotel: Bamboo rice and side dishes
myspices Says: This is a heavy dinner.... somehow we have over-ordered! The hilight is the Bamboo rice - it's glutinious rice cooked in bamboo. Rice, mushrooms, groundnuts and sauce are inserted into bamboo tubes and baked till cooked. To eat, split the bamboo into half and ....there, you...
lowbang Says: Get the hotel in Dazhai to arrange for your transportation from Guilin to Dazhai for RMB40.Cheap and no hassle. Even if you are not staying at this farmhouse which I stayed in, the wife will arrange it for you at the phone number indicated helow.
Dazhai / Pinyan / Guilin Transportation
BMLoidl Says: There is in season (from march to october) a direct mini-bus from Guilin (Railway Station) to Dazhai. MOstly departure 8.30, sometimes also second bus at 14.40. You can also ask for direct Bus from Guilin Airport. For Details aks sandy 1 day in advance info@wisdom-inn.com or...
myspices Says: From the Longsheng bus station, to get to Dazhai, board the small bus in the same station which is heading for Dazhai, Jingkeng. Interval of bus : every half an hour. Earliest bus is at 7am and the latest bus is at 5.20pm. Journey is 1.5hours. Fare is 7yuan per pax one way....
A stretcher chair... if you can't but want..
myspices Says: Well, don't know if it's appropriate to park this tip under this category.....If you want but can't go up way up to Dazhai or around for that matter, you can hire a stretcher chair (something like the olden sedan chair) to carry you up to where you want. Usually, the chair...
Helpfulness
There is practically no shops designated for shopping. Shopping will simply means buying displayed handicrafts in the lodge you are in or Hong Yao ladies will drop by your lodge to sell you their wares. They are nice "salespersons" as they are not really aggressive or get angry if you do not buy from them. Most of the wares are small pouches, wallets, purses, scaves and bookmarks. Bigger items are the Hong Yao's costumes, table runners, envelopes holders and shawls. These are usually made of woven materials or in embroidery. You can bargain for the items - willing buyer, willing seller.. Small items cost about 15yuan to 30yuan and bigger items could run into 200-400yuan.
The only shops are some sundry shops selling drinks and groceries.
Updated Oct 6, 2007
Hong Yao (Red Yao) -Minority Tribes in Dazhai
myspices Says: Costumes==Colorful top coat and sleeves with many intricate embroidery. Usually of bright colors. Most will be wearing coat of black base with red or pink embroidery. A sash of woven material is worn round the waist. Headgear usually of black wrap. Black pants with some...
The Horse - good transporter..
myspices Says: The horse is very useful to the natives. Here, one sturdy looking horse helping its owner carrying logs and wood back to his home.
Unscrupulous Porters At Dazhai car park
lowbang Says: A local lady contacted the sedan chair porters and agreed on a price of RMB150 per sedan chair.The leader of the sedan chair porters took us to a hotel and insisted that we stay there. He definitely arranged for a commission if we had stayed there.We refused and told him...
myspices Says: You will also find ladies dressed in colourful traditional wears offering to take pictures with you, usually against the rice fields as backdrops. By all means pose with them...but pay. If i am not mistaken, per session is 30-50yuan.
Helpfulness
Luggage and bags: small backpack for day use. A cap
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: comfortable sneakers or sandals - good grip.
a light overcoat or jacket or a shawl - nights could be cold
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: normally those lodges up the hill do not provide toiletries or towels... bring your own. A sunblock would be useful if the heat is on. They do provide toilet rolls though.
Photo Equipment: of course...lots of memory card and heavily charged batteries
Updated Oct 6, 2007
BMLoidl Says: there openend a new hotel in dazhaihttp://www.wisdom-inn.comsandy, the lady boss is also very helpfull to arrange direct bus connection from / to guilin railway station or airport. hotel has wifi and hot/cold water, private bathroom, private generator (there is often power...
Different Seasons, different Scenes
myspices Says: The rice terraces look different during different seasons. When we were there, the rice grains were in the midst of turning to slight yellow...Come end October, they will all be in gold. What we can see now is mix of light green and yellow...The harvest month will have the...
myspices Says: Here's your choice - the road that will branched off to either PingAn or Dazhai. You can see this sign when you at Er Long Qiao depot.
myspices Says: This is how houses are being built on terraces...great effort and lots of strong people. Most workers will spend their nights at workplace to complete the house. They sleep in open air on makeshifts and cooking is done there. Washing is done at streams/springs...See another...
Dazhai - not a place known to many who wants to visit the Longi Terraced Rice Fields in Longsheng. Most will be visiting PingAn for that matter. I bring you Dazhai, a little village in Jingkeng,...
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