Mount Huang Shan Photo 17

Mount Huang Shan

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April 4th 2010
This is China’s most beautiful mountain. It was quite the mission to get there as we had to take a 16 hour over night train. I really enjoy these trains, but 16 hours is a bit much. We arrived at 11 am and started to climb after a good breakfast of green onion cakes! This mountain is similar to the previous one in that there are stairs carved out of the granite mountain side. This one thoug ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more