Skipped Anji, went to Huangshan, now in Shanghai, will write later…
Nov 13th, 2007 by scott
I’ve been a little out of range the past few days, with lots of stories to tell. Huangshan was awesome! I didn’t go to Anji, because it looked like arranging the transportation was going to be a big hassle and I didn’t know how long it might take me to get back out of there, so I went directly from Yixing to Huangshan. Here’s a couple of pics to give you a sample of what Huangshan was like:
I hiked up on the first day, stayed the night, saw the sunrise and then hiked around (a lot of steps, up and down, about 15-20 miles of steps in 2 days with a big pack on, I’m not in such bad shape after all!). I and my two friends from Scotland were planning to hike down the west route, however, the maps were so bad, we ended up climbing all the way down into this really deep valley and only found out then that this wasn’t the way down, but we had nowhere to go but to climb up the other side and end up at the top of the mountain again! Finally, I took the cable car back, and even that involved a bunch of extra stair climbing, which I’ll discuss later.
Huangshan has some really good teas. I got three different kinds here, including Mao Feng and Taiping Houkui. 好喝! That is, it tastes great (hǒu hē).
OK, I’m going out for dinner and will post a real entry later tonight. Bye for now….
awesome pictures!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Ann. I took enough that I figured a few might come out OK!
I highly recommend Huangshan to anyone who is coming to this area; however, it seems like everyone in the town below is a scam artist of one kind or another. Mr. Hu seems to be the sole exception. I’ll write more about the scam later…
what do you mean “scam aritist”? I send the email to you. Go check it.
Great pictures. I can’t wait for next week to see you, the pics and the souvenirs you got and most of all, the stories you are going to share. Have a safe trip Scott.