Woke up pretty late today. I went down stairs for breakfast then came back to the room and chilled out and watched more Chinese tv. I checked out a 1.30pm and met the group. Lindsay and I wanted to look at a few of the stalls down the bottom of the mountain so we left a little bit early and walked down the mountain. Ruth also came with us. We walked down the hill and looked at all the stalls but didn't buy anything. We were told by Lillian to wait for them at ...

Woke up feeling exhausted after getting no sleep the night before. Lindsay and I went down stairs with our gear and had some breakfast before our trek down the hill to take the local bus to the next village where we would meet the rest of the group who walked the 10km trek. Thankfully the walk down the hill was a lot easier than the walk up. Once getting down the bottom of the hill we caught the local bus to one of the bus stops along the main road into the ...

After a struggle getting out of bed, I met the group at 8.30am for our bus ride to the Longji Rice Terraces. Sitting at the back of the bus I really wasn't feeling that well at all and neither was Lindsay. We arrived at the village about 2 hours later and we were greeted by some of the local women who were offering to carry our bags up the hill. Saying no we all continued on for our trek up the hill. Struggling up the hill Lindsay and I were at the back of the...