http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Hunan , Zhangjiajie en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:18:51 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:18:51 UTC Zhangjiajie National Park is about six hours by train from Yichang on the Yangtze River and it is not yet on the map for western tourist. It is a big thing however for Chinese tourists as I was soon to find out. The area is renown for its magnificent karst landscape and as you can see from the pictures it is a truly amazing sight. Some of the solo sandstone peaks dotting the landscape look l http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-295545.html You'd think the staterun railway system would get a native English speaker to check these kinds of things over before putting them up by the hundreds in trains. What do they take us foreigners to be.... horses http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-293397.html Our plane landed at midnight in the city of Zhangjiajie and the local taxicabs had us by the throat. They were a collective mass no bargaining they wouldn't compete it was going to be 300 rmb to the hotel and they knew we had no choice in the matter. We tried to haggle it down to even 200 but they wouldn't budge. Reluctantly we tossed our packs in the trunk and got into the taxi. It would http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-277504.html The morning was chilly on top of the mountain a rather crisp start to the New Year. Zhangjiajie was experiencing a bit of a cold spell not the most desirable of conditions when your hotel room is devoid of both heat and heavy blankets. But then again it wasnrsquot really much of a hotel in the first place. Following my aimless foggy wanderings of the night before and the bus that proved http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-132577.html Senlin Gongyuan was a ghost town this morning. Known as Zhangjiajie Village by some the small town at the base of Wulingyuan Nature Reserve seemed to be more a setting for some bad horror movie than the booming tourist spot it claimed to be. Chinese New Year was fast approaching and it seemed the entire town had disappeared for the festivities. The empty fourstar hotels now locked up with l http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Hunan/Zhangjiajie/blog-130676.html