Longji Rice Terraces and 'Long-hair' women
We drove about 100 km from Guilin to the Longji Rice Terraces. On the way, we stopped at a Yao village. Yao people are distinctive by their colorful national dress and often the women will have extremely long hair which is coiled up on top of their head.
The village was remote and built in a valley. We walked along the river, but could not see any 'Long-hair' women...
Once we reached the center of the village, we finally spotted several Yao women and they invited us to take pictures.
During summer time, the Yao women wash their hair at the river. It was spring and if Bastian had known before that the lady did not wash her hair for at least 9 months, he wouldn't have done the below picture...
After our short excursion to the Yao people, we moved on to Longji rice terraces. Longji (Dragon's Backbone) received its name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon.
Hiking up the rice terraces was really fun. Unfortunately, spring time has lots of rain and heavy fog. Visibility was low and the higher we walked the less we could see... 
Then suddenly, the sky cleared up and we had a beautiful view of the rice terraces. Wow, it was really magnificent...
Well, its actually a poster and we had to pay 1 RMB for this ;-)
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