Blogs from Huangshan, Anhui, China, Asia

Mount Huangshan – Yellow Mountain I’ve written this as we were looking for information to help plan our trip to Huangshan Mountain and couldn’t find enough to give us a clear view of what is possible in a day especially relating to the trekking route. We wanted to go up and down the mountain in one day as time was short. Key for us was maximising the walking time and keeping costs low. This is more factual than painting a picture of the mountain views etc. For some background, we’re two 27 year olds from London. Both have done walking trips before but would be no means far above beginner in terms of walking ability. We both keep fairly active and fit in normal life. We visited mid April 2017. It’s tough to predict the weather, ... read more

Je survolerai Hangzhou où nous avons passé quelques jours. Je retiendrai cependant les brochettes d'araignée de mer, la beauté du Lac de l'Ouest -immense tâche bleue que l'on a sillonnée à vélo et à pied- ainsi que notre hôte, Zhenan. Zhenan a une bonne vingtaine d'années, et a accepté de nous héberger Alexis et moi, via couchsurfing. Pour ceux qui l'ignorent, couchsurfing est un site mettant en relation des voyageurs ayant besoin d'un logement pour une nuit ou plus, et des gens prêts à les héberger. Le tout est gratuit, et fonctionne sur le principe de l'échange, les hôtes sont très souvent des voyageurs "à terre"; généralement les deux parties échangent des histoires de voyages, des projets, des conseils etc. Zhenan lui, était quelque peu différent de mes hôtes précédents. Son appart notamment, était assez spécial ... read more

After descending Huangshan Mountain today after two days of climbing up and descending stairs, I decided to stop at the hot springs at the mountain’s base to sooth my tired legs. With a single admission fee you can luxuriate in over 30 different pools including the wine (French, of course), coconut milk, ginseng, jasmine, green tea and rose water tubs. There’s a restaurant, various rest areas, and all the green tea you can drink (not from the taken from the pool of the same name, I presume). The place was immaculate. I arrived at about 1 PM and was tempted to hang out into the evening. After about 3 hours, though, i thought I'd relaxed enough and headed back to my hotel in Tangkou.... read more

The morning after our trip to the orphanage in Huainan, the Hudson’s and the Dugan’s flew to Nanning to visit their second orphanages while we drove south with the Awtry’s to Mount Huangshan. It was an easy drive of about 4 hours on another brand new highway with many tunnels as we neared the mountains. Two years ago the trip would have been over 8 hours. We crossed the Yangtze River about 3 hours into our journey. We arrived at our hotel in Tunxi around 1:00 PM and said good-bye to Jeff our guide from Hefei and hello to Ellen, our guide for this part of our trip. Jeff and the bus headed back to Hefei while we quickly checked in and then walked down river to a nearby restaurant for lunch. We were shown our ... read more

Trip on tube : China trip (中国) Episode 11 - Huangshan trip (黄山) Hi, the Chinese have always said if u have seen the five famous Chinese mountains in China , It's no need to see the anothers Mountains on Earth, But , If u have seen Huangshan (Yellow mountain) It's no need to see the five Chinese mountains so let's enjoy my footage... read more