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Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie November 6th 2009

Weekend avec mes collegues fin Novembre... Apres une soiree dans la city de Beijing le jeudi soir / matin ... :-)... on sest envole pour la province de Hunan et plus precisement la ville de Zhanggiajie... Ouaip! Pas facile a prononcer... :-) Au programme rando dans les montagnes avec des paysages a couper le souffle... C est un site qui est tres touristique mais que de la population chinoise... Resultat jai pas vu un westener du weekend, vraiment depaysant... Au niveau culinaire, cetait pas trop ca... :-( ... read more
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Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie July 8th 2009

D1:We arrived at Zhangjiajie in the morning, take bus to “Suo Xi Yu” ,there are many hotels there,in the afternoon,we went to the Yellow Dragon Cave, only half of a day’s enough for this view spot. We lived in “Suo Xi Yu”. D2:Buy ticket from “Suo Xi Yu”, we took hybrid bus in the square to Tianzi Mountain,then we took cable car upto the He Long Park(hybrid cars in the park are all free of charge),we travel across the Tianzi Mountain,then get down from XiHai, thenwe arrived to Ten-Mile Gallery,we lived in a hotel in Yanjiajie beatyspot, D3:We spent the whole day to travel cross the Yangjiajie and and the World Highest Bridge in Yuanjiajie.lived in hotel in Yuanjiajie D4:Went from “Mi Hun Tai” to “Hou Hua Yuan”, we get arrived to the Gold Whip Stream ... read more
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Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie April 4th 2009

Zhang Jia Jie, a national park from Hunan province, famous by numerous sharp mountains, it also was the background scene of film Avatar(2009), visiting there is better after a little rain, because that will cause the mist and make the scene much more beautiful, just like the paradise in the Chinese concept. Stay a night in the park is a better option, but the condition there is quite simple, food and accommodation, but it won't be a problem for backpacker for sure. The park is huge, there is top and bottom part, a river surrounding the mountain is the bottom part, and view of the from mountain mist paradise is the top part, also the villages for the accommodation, there are the internal bus for the locomotion, but the elevator on the cliff is the sight, ... read more
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Dinner

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie September 7th 2008

Zhangjiajie is situated in the northwest of the Hunan province, just south of the Yangtse river. The forest park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. It is a well known in China, but not so much outside China. It is a bit difficult to get to, although there are connections by plane and a few trains connect the area to Changsha and other Chinese cities. I had read a little about it somewhere and because I love mountains and forests it seemed a place worth visiting. It is a big place, the park and surrounding areas cover 398 square kilometers, so one really needs a few days to really visit the major sights. As all Chinese parks we have visited it is very well organized, with buses and cable cars connecting the various spots, ... read more
Yellow Stone Stronghold
Yellow Stone Stronghold
Yellow Stone Stronhold

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie July 8th 2008

(Day 95 on the road)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 like they will tumble any second, and especially when viewing them from above the views are very dramatic. Having teamed up with easy-going Karen from England whom I had met on the Yangtze cruise and who was also going to Zhangjiajie, we arrived in the city and were promptly greeted by a very slimy tout who turned ... read more
Monkey King Commanding Troops
Bailong Elevator
Chinese Tour Group

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie June 23rd 2008

You'd think the state-run 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? ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie May 18th 2008

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 cost us half the price to return to this airport 3 days later. Zhangjiajie is seriously on the map for Asian tourists, but rather off the map for Westerners. Our Chinese friends had raved of its beauty, and the karst landscape appealed to the geographer in me. Not to mention, a few days of hiking to clear the mind ... read more
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Wild Monkeys
Bridge I actually crossed

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie February 18th 2007

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 wasn’t really much of a hotel in the first place. Following my aimless, foggy wanderings of the night before, and the bus that proved to be my salvation, I was deposited once again in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. Dark and desolate, a large man standing singly in the fog waited for me to exit the bus. He would be my inn keeper for the night, and his beaming smile as we shook hands seemed to make most of the darkness disappear instantly. We ... read more
The Streets Ahead
The Golden Statue of Shadows
A Lone Leaf

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie February 17th 2007

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 four-star hotels, now locked up with loose chains and wood planks, were wrapped in a thick blanket of gray fog. A single motorized rickshaw putters down the open street, vanishing into the dark nothingness beyond. I had grand plans for the forest ahead. Nearly three thousand karst peaks dot the expansive area, thrusting upward toward the heavens while eighty some rivers and streams cut further away at the already breathtaking landscape. Or so ... read more
The Ghost Town that is Senlin Gongyuan
The Views
Friendly Little Guy




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