Blogs from Hunan, China, Asia - page 6

As we sit in Marcus apartment waiting for him to finish a lesson and go to lunch in the school canteen I though I would update the blog with yesterdays news. Day 2 in Zangjiajie was another relaxed start to the day, not up to early but early enough. Once we were all ready we checked out, left our bags with Cozi at the hotel and headed off to the cable car lift to Tianmen Shan. First stop was at the little restaurant on the edge of the street round the corner from the hotel for breakfast noodles and something that resembled deep fried doughnut sticks which you dip in the sauce of the noodles. From there we headed round to the start of the cable car to collect our tickets and queue for the next ... read more

After a restless night on the train we woke at about 6.30ish and packed up ready to depart. Once we arrived at the train station and headed out I suddenly saw a little man waving at us, it was Marcus, yah we done it. After Claire gave him the biggest hug he marched us away from the station and flagged down a taxi driver an we headed of towards Marcus school. That was an interesting drive, I think he was at the end of a long night shift, whilst travelling along he started slapping himself round the back of his neck, hanging out the window and splashing water on his face and at one point he actually nodded off at a set of traffic lights but in spite of this we get her safe. We jumped ... read more

and the last of my South China traveling is Fenghuang ancient town. may be most of people didn't know what is this place. Fenghuang ancient town or Phoenix ancient town is the most beautiful ancient town in China. It has a lot of charming here. Before i came this town I thought this small town i shouldn't have been here one day enough. but when I arrived I realize that this ancient town has a lot to see. this scene is so beautiful here. I am high recommend you to come here and stay may be 2-3 days for impression the scene. and in the night is town so much fun and has a lot of Bars & Beers. and you must see the nightlife here all buildings are decorated by multi-color light. and you will ... read more

Hi All, I know it's been a while but to be honest the weather hasn't been its best and I haven't had time either. Finally the sun has come out and it's also the May Day holiday so I went out on my new bike for a ride around. It doesn't take long before you're out of the city and into the countryside. It's a long time since I've been in the north of the city, it has really changed. It was like a building site 3 years ago. It was good to be out on two wheels again. The traffic wasn't too bad, although, cars slowing down to stare at me were a little bit close for comfort sometimes. Enjoy the photos Jah Bless... read more

Introduction The Phoenix Ancient Town is located in Xiangxi Tujia & Miao Autonomous Prefecture,Hunan Province,and also border on the southwestern Guizhou Province and the West Songtao, Tongren County.It is one of the smaller counties in Hunan,but now it is known as the most beautiful ancient town for its long history and well-preserved appearances.The name of Phoenix town mainly derived from the Phoenix Mountain which is in a phoenix shape. The Phoenix town today consist of 5 zones and 27 townships. With 300,000 people, which is a multi-ethnic County with Miao, Han, Tujia, and so on. The County is in sub-tropical moist monsoon climate,and the average annual temperature is 15.9 ℃. Phoenix is not only rich in natural resources,beautiful mountains and rivers, but also possessing many scenic and historical sites. Next are 9 famous spots in the ... read more