http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Anhui , Huangshan en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:51:23 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:51:23 +0000 Die Chinesen sagen wer einmal den Huang Shan gesehen hat der mchte keinen anderen Berg mehr sehen. Bisher dachte ich das beziehe sich auf die unbeschreibliche Schnheit des Gelben Berges. Mittlerweile war ich mir aber sicher dass jeder der einmal die zahllosen Steinstufen bis zu der 16001800m hohen Gipfelregion hinter sich gebracht hat keine Lust versprt jemals wieder auch nur den niedri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-440462.html Hr. Hu wurde vom Lonely Planet empfohlen. Hr. Hu wurde auch von meinem Bruder empfohlen. Hr. Hu ist ein Schlepper also jemand der ankommende Touristen direkt am BusBahnhof in Empfang nimmt und hflich aber bestimmt in ein Hotel geleitet von dem er eine Provision erhlt. Dennoch wollte ich Herrn Hu treffen. Mein nchstes Ziel war die Besteigung des Huang Shan einer der schnsten Berge oder http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-440113.html After we finished the 6 week course in China and said goodbye to everyone I still had a week in China before I had to fly down to. So a bunch of us being Monica Max Jeike Matty and Sam headed to the moutain region of Anhui. I have never in my life been so cold it was beyond a joke. Never going back to China in the winter. I always thought I was a winter person but clearly I was not. The hoste http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-428543.html It is 4.30am total solar eclipse day. The residents of the Bei Hai hotel have been shouting and moving outside for over an hour to jostle with each other to find a good spot to see the sun rise. Even now they follow the megaphoned tour guides. We are living in total cloud missing the rain by a sliver. There is nothing to see. After the sun has secretly risen without them seeing it the majes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-421358.html After working 8 months at web I've been able to take 3 paid days leave plus my normal 2 days off from my working week so I got 5 days off altogether. Oooh So this is how we came to be on the night train to Huangshan. Hard sleepers. Well therersquos a first time for everything. The journey 14 hours took the train through places that reminded me of what it is like to travel again and althou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-420330.html Huangshan or the Yellow Mountains as they are called in English are named after an emperor who was called Huangdi shan means mountain.Jingjing and I found a clean and small hotel at the bottom of the mountain in a town called Tengkou. We rose early and started our climb up the eastern flanks of the mountain around 7am and after a harsh 3 hours of non stop climb to an elevation of 1800 meters we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-413095.html After the turbulent bus ride to Tangkou all I could think about when I got off and looked around was where is hotel and how far of a walk is it A friendly man in a dark blue Adidas track suit greeted us pulled out a card with his restaurant in English and began chatting with us. He wasn't selling anything he was just friendly. He introduced himself and asked us where we were staying. He k http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-408760.html Hello Everyone This is Jennifer again and we are back from over a week of vacation as our students were taking the College Entrance Test the Gao Kao. I know it has been a long time since I have written. I am still angry about the other blog website access being ldquotakenrdquo away from us www.blogger.com so part of my absence has been some sort of rebellion at having to start up again o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-408358.html At the main entrance we had to pay an entrance fee of 115Y student discount while Cherry and Se Young also had to pay 80Y more for a cable car ticket. They didn't like the idea of hiking all the way up the western front path with their back packs. The other two girls Se Won and Helen decided to take the cable car after 5 minutes of hiking up stairs. Joey led us for a while at a decent pace e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-407822.html This weekend we decided to go to Huangshan Yellow Mountain a very famous sceniccultural location for a majority of Chinese people and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We would leave Friday stay in Tunxi an hour from Huangshan for the night then hike up Huangshan stay at a hotel on the mountain and then hike down. We had 4 guys and 4 girls more inclined to use the cablecar. Groups of fou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-407821.html Xuijiahui has become familiar and people have found their favorite places to go for restaurants cafes bakeries xiao long bao. This past week in cooking we made a delicious sweet and sour chicken that I definitely plant to make at home. On Thursday night the SJTU students threw a welcoming party for us at the Minhang campus the main SJTU campus I am at Xinhui. We sang the Ramblin Wreck son http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-407133.html Yellow Mountain also known as Huangshan is located at the right bottom of AnHui Province with a total area of 9807 square kilometres.The area is well known for its scenery sunsets peculiarlyshaped granite peaks HuangShan trees and views of the clouds from above. Huangshan is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese painings and literature as well as modern photograghy.The main scenic http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-403757.html I had to work on Boxing Day but in the evening Clare Melinda Seth Matt and I went to an indoor ski slope. We met our friend Carol there who was probably the only person who was as bad as me. For Clare it was the second time she had been skiing and is pretty good for a beginner. Seth and Matt had skied many times before and were damn good. Melinda and I have never skied at all and it was good fu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-401635.html 3rd 4th of January 2009 EDIT I forgot to post the pictures from the town of Huangshan and the markets So Irsquove posted them here for your viewing pleasure.Huangshan Mountain aka Yellow Mountain is a beautiful place in Huangshan. Itrsquos a favourite destination for tourists and photographers a like due to its height and its natural beauty. I experienced this beauty first hand when we ar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-361463.html Days 1920Hua ShanOn day 18 we again board a chartered boat for a direct transfer back to Bai Chay then onto a private bus for a drive to the border of China Friendship Gate approx. 6 hours. We then travel on by bus via Pingxiang and Ningming to Hua Shan approx. 1 hour.We spend two nights in a charming guesthouse set near a little village of wooden Dong and Zhuangstyle houses.On day 20 we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-361044.html Suzhou's Lingering GardenSuzhou's gardens are world famous and I have no doubt whatsoever why. They are simply stunning. I have visited a lot of them and would give anything to own one of my own. What really amazes me is that they were at one time private gardens only visited by their owners and his family. They are an amazing blend of nature and architecture. The Lingering Garden was the first Su http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-360990.html Suzhou's No.1 Silk FactoryWhen I heard I was going to the No.1 Silk Factory I was not too thrilled. I've been to a lot of different factories and they usually are just places where they try to sell overpriced souvenirs to tourists. I was quite surprised and happy to be wrong. It was a real factory making very high quality silk items which were reasonably priced. I bought a lot there and if I had http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-360989.html Suzhou's Pan GateSuzhou's Pan Gate is a large scenic area named after the Pan Gate which is one Suzhou's two remaining city gates. The scenic area is beautiful and quite large. The area is filled with gardens pavilions lakes and pathways all beautifully manicured. It is a really beautiful place. The two main features of the area is the Pan Gate and the Auspicious Light Pagoda Ruiguang. Both a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-360988.html Hangzhou's Residence of Hu XueyanThis was an absolutely amazing site It was not located on my itinerary and cannot be found in guidebooks. I don't know why. My guide knew about it because she lived around the corner from it and used to do her homework there. It is an ancient mansion with several large gardens still filled with furnishings and antiques. Because it is not well known it is very qui http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-360986.html Hangzhou's China National Tea MuseumThe China National Tea Musem was an amazing place for me. I think anybody would like the museum but for a tea lover like me it was heaven. It is the only national tea museum in China. The area around the museum is very beautiful. The museum is surrounded by groves of tea trees and the area is beautifully manicured. There is a stream with small bridges running http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-360980.html