Blogs from Guizhou, China, Asia - page 2

September 15th - Getu1 - Dia 86 Nice to sleep in a private room and not a Hostel ?. I was up and ready to explore the nearby climbing areas in look for some climbers. I visited some really remote places, at one point in the day I changed my mindset and was just happy exploring ..not caring anymore if I found climbers. Just enjoying the different areas and admiring the landscape and Chinese farm life. At one point in the day I found myself in a trail leading to a cave with a couple of climbing routes. The trail winded up through a village and eventually started disappearing the farther I went in. Eventually I was crawling through thick bush getting myself all scratched. I knew I was for sure not going to find any ... read more

Village life "I am in the beautiful province of Guizhou, southwest China, to share the life of the hill people, eating their homemade food, breathing the pure air of the mountains, staying in a wooden house next to a shallow river and waking to a view that took away my breath." In Guizhou province, there are 17 ethnic minorities; the Miao, Dong and Bouyei are the biggest ethnic minorities. I went to visit a Dong village nearby Rongjiang county in southeast Guizhou province. I stayed in the Dali Dong village. I reached this beautiful village through a long, narrow and winding road, I found a pretty guesthouse surrounded by marvelous lush forest and welcome by the local people with a lovely smile. On my arrival, I saw the local people building a little street next ... read more

Qingyan Ancient Town,is one of the most famous historical and cultural towns in Guizhou Province, it is situated 15 kilometers away from my school, wich is in Huaxi district, in the southern part of Guiyang city. The beautiful ancient town has got an area of over 700 acres and was originally built in 1378, during the Ming dynasty period (1368 - 1644). Nowadays Qingyan ancient town has become a great tourist attraction, especially during the weekend. It took me about one hour and a half to reach Qingyan town due to the traffic jam and crashes that usually happen here, but slowly slowly I safely arrived to my destination. The bus just left me on the main road and to get to the ancient town I had to walk for about one more kilometer. At first ... read more

Asia's largest waterfall. The big Huangguoshu waterfall measures 81m wide and 78m high. It is located 45km from Anshun and is easy to reach from Anshun. Here is how it goes: city bus 3 from the train station to the eastern long distance bus station (its terminus), 15 minutes, 1Yuan. bus from there for the Huangguoshu Waterfall site (its terminus), about 1h, 22Yuan. admission ticket for the national park, 90Yuan (if I remember well). transportation ticket, 50Yuan. car transportation to the Tian Xing cluster (Natural Wonders, Tian Xing Cavern and Yunlianzhitan Waterfall), included. walk between these spots and visits. the trail ends with an optional ropeway, 10Yuan (I took it). transportation by golf-cart back to the entrance of this first cluster, included. car transportation to the Huangguoshu cluster (Bonsai park and Hu... read more

Kitsch and Bicycle day. Visit of the Tian He Tan karst region and of the Hua Xi wetlands, both are parks, some 25km SW of Guiyang. motorbike ride to He Bin park bus station, 10Yuan. bus 211 from He Bin to Tian He Tan (terminus), 2Y. Tian He Tan karst park visit (100step bridge, boat ride through the wet cave, walk through the dry cave, Nepalese bridge over canyon 3Y, zipline over the valley 37Y) 67Y admission. minibus from Ti He Tan to Hua Xi, 6Y. bicycle ride through the wetlands, 1.5h, 20Y. bus 202 from Hua Xi to Guiyang, 2Y. city walk to the hotel, 10 minutes. !---! Novotel Guiyang Downtown, 503Yuan. ... read more