Out of this world

View from a viewing platform after climbing 1.5 hours worth of steps

June 21st 2015
When carrying out our research on China, we stumbled across a place called Zhangjiajie (pronounced Jang-Jyaar-Jyeh but said quickly). We were lucky to have came across it as many westerners do not really come here (call it luck or maybe it was down to our excitement in researching every last corner of China). Across this whole site you are therefore unlikely to see another western face. When you r ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan » Zhangjiajie

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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Hi we're Chris and P. We have quit our jobs and sold our house to follow our dream of travelling around the world for 12 months!!! Let’s jump back about 2 years - We're driving to P's friend’s house for an evening meal when she turns and says "I've been thinking..." And what a thought that was indeed. That thought turned into buying a dilapidated property and spending a total of 2 years 'doing it up' ourselves coupled with a new job and a wedding thrown into the mix for good measure. We even questioned ourselves at times on whether travelling would actually become a reality or be j... full info

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14th August 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

I love it
The fog makes it mystical.

15th August 2015

mikesrtw
CrispyLife

I love it
We were disappointed on our first day to hear visibility was poor due to fog. We therefore missed the first site altogether (which was a good idea because its the distant views that are special here) but once seeing these tall shards of rock in the national park with the fog circling the ones we could see, it was magical.

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