Dragon rice terraces (Longji "near" Guilin)

Maayan's legs still itched and she could not move away from the AC (Mazgan), so Shay left her there and went to Dragon rice terraces. It was supposed to be 1.5 hours from Guilin. But, as we all know, a 1.5 hours drive in China is not 1.5 hours... It took nearly 4 hours, which included several bus transfers (a.k.a, connections?), transfer of a pig to the roof top of the bus, and a stop due to a car crash that fell into abyss.



Arriving at the dragon terraces, Shay saw some lazy ass local tourists which were carried by the local farmers to the top of the terraces:

Shay continued to the top (without being carried!!!), and arrived at viewpoint 1:


But, he also lost his way, so he had to rent a guide to take him through the maze of terraces.
They went on, going from one viewpoint to the next:


The guide, leading...

A curved terrace?

And after three strenuous hours, they arrived to viewpoint III:


Shay managed to take the last bus from the terraces to the nearest local town, only to find out that there were no more buses back to Guilin (where Maayan was). It was only 19:00, but the doors of the bus station were closed!
What to do? what to do? thought Shay to himself.
No buses, no way to contact Maayan...
After some questioning, Shay managed to find a brave Taxi driver to take him back to Guilin (note, its a 2 hours drive!) for a bargain price of $15.

It was one hack of a ride, notably because the taxi looked like this: