I’m in a little village whose name I can’t remember in a provence whose name I can’t even attempt to spell and I don’t have a guidebook with me at the moment to be able to fill in the blanks. One name I do remember though is the village I spent the past three nights it. It’s called Dazhai and is located amongst the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces. It’s a pretty awesome place with friendly people who are part of a minority group I never did get the name of. But the women have super long hair and wear it sort of wrapped around their heads like a hat. Combine that with their pink outfits, wicker baskets on their backs, and towering rice terraces as a backdrop and you’ve got a pretty cool place to chill out for a few days.
My hotel was an hours hike from where the bus dropped me off. I Had spent 6 hours on buses by that point and when I saw where I was supposed to be hiking to, I nearly aborted the mission and stayed in a closer hotel. But the trek was worth it, the views were amazing, and they even had internet way up there! I was amazed. Plus they had a festival today and I managed to get some serious photography practice in. I love taking portrait shots but feel bad about getting all up in people’s faces. Well festivals are pretty much a free for all and I think I got some good shots that I’ll post when I get a chance. Improving my abysmal photography skills is on my list for sure.
So now I’m in a new village – I think it’s called Changyang but don’t quote me on that – and the hostel has a fast connection and the hugest monitor I have ever seen in my life. Unfortunately there’s no wifi and even worse, there’s nobody else here! That always happens to me and it’s annoying I tell you. I’m hoping to head off to the provence up north to a city called Kaili to try couchsurfing for the first time but I’ve heard that the roads might be blocked due to landslides. I think the gods are against me when it comes to couchsurfing but I’ll try my best to get there.
So getting to the point of this post… internet is everywhere these days and will only continue to spread around. It’s starting to be more of a shock when a place doesn’t have the internet than when it does and that’s good news for us nomads.
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