Day 309 - Hoping to see a film set

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The plan today was to visit the small town of Huanglongxi, which is a traditional looking ancient town that was used for the set of the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The main attraction, as it were, that we wanted to see was the Gutong Monastery, actually seen in the film, however the week before, on May bank holiday, one of the busiest days on the Chinese tourist calender, an ancient tree had fallen down and injured a number of tourists. So it was closed for saftey work, it would be open next week! Disappointed about this...we were very pleased to have gone to this town under our own steam as we could decide what time we left, what we did and when we should return. As it was we had a lovely afternoon sitting in a tea house, drinking Jasmine tea (even if it did cost us 15 yuan, we think this was Ed and Gemma tourist price we got!) and reading our books.

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