2012 & 2014
12-17 depart 12-18 Sleep Beijing Airport 12-19 Fly to Shanghai 5 hrs to explore people park Bund Eat Yoshinoya Fly to Huangshan Tunxi city Lost at airport Walked 1 hr Met Ma Sung Caught bus 5 to town bus. 18 Walked old town Looked for mushroom tea Ate noodles Stayed at his apt 12-20 Bus 9 Caught long distance bus to Huangshan Rain Walked 1500 stairs Met Shanghai Jai Yo group Email pic Met Hangzhou Phd students Talked in cable car Caught distance bus to Tunxi city Stayed at hostel 12-21 4hr bus to Hangzhou Metro to city Talked to university student Look for place Walked city and found hostel Wifi email Booked Inn at 175 rmb Ate egg curry 12-22 walked lake Look for tea mushroom Ate salmon Ate seafood curry Ate tempura 12-23 Practice bus route 49 to station Lost Bought tea Explore 12-24 Found Ajisan depart to Tunxi Arrive 5pm Bought mushroom tea Ate fried rice 10pm fly to shanghai Sleep at airport 12-25 explore shanghai Yoshinoya Bund Coco Curry Plane to Zhangjiajie Taxi to city hostel 3 Hong Kong girls room mate 12-26 Bus 10 to cable car Tianmen Shan Hiked with joy Shared photos Snow Tofu dinner 12-27 Check out city Met Seki from Beijing Japan Hiked Zhanjiajie to hostel in mountain Seki left for Chengdu Ate fried rice French room mates 12-28 hiked Wulingyu section Lost in snow 2 hours Caught ride to tourist spot for 20 rmb Hiked first trail 1 hr Hiked river trail 2 hrs Caught bus after 1 hr wait to Wulingyu hostel then to bus station To city bus staton Bus 10 to hostel Fried rice 12-29 Bus to Fenghuang @8am Met French family Arrive at 2pm Found Hostel Looked around and ate fried rice Look for We Love Music Met Uncle 2 Sammy Ivy Yvonne 12-30 Chinese tour to Great Wall and Waterfall Chinese dinner Hot pot fish Duck rice Hot mushroom Photo with group Bus from fenghuang to Zhanjiajie switch from 12 to 9am Bus full Stood by bus and took front seat Booked hostel in Zhanjiajie Depart to beijing on jan 1 12/19 Beijing (capital) to Shanghai (hongqiao) 4696489974 Juneyao Airlines HO1252 Economy / 320 Departure: 06:35 - Arrival: 09:00 Duration : 2h25m 230Y ================== 12/19 Shanghai (hongqiao) to Huangshan (tunxi) Shanghai Airlines FM9265 Economy / 738 Departure: 14:20 - Arrival: 15:25 Duration : 1h5m Total duration: 1h5m Tourist Map http://www.tour-beijing.com/huangshan_tour/ 310Y Transportation By Bus: Passengers can take city-bus 18 or 19 to travel between Yuzhong Huayuan in downtown and the airport. Both of these buses are in operation from 07:00 to 17:30 with an interval of 20 minutes. By Taxi: Passengers can also take taxi at 1/F of the terminal to downtown area. 1. It takes about 15 minutes and CNY15-20 to the Railway Station. 2. It takes about CNY150 and 1.5 hours to Mt. Huangshan by taxi. 3. It takes about CNY100-110 and 1.5 hours to Xidi and Hongcun Ancient Villages in Yixian County by taxi. http://www.hostels.com/hostels/huangshan/huangshan-old-street-youth-hostel/22758?dateFrom=19+Dec+2012&dateTo=20+Dec+2012&guestCount=&groupType=#anchor=map& 1. From Huangshan Railway Station: Taxi ride costs 7 yuan to LaoJie DiYilou ;take Bus No.9 (2 yuan) to YuZhong Park Stop,walk 5-8 mins to LaoJie(Old Street) then you can find our hostel 30 meters ahead on your left. 2. From Tunxi Long-distance Bus Station: Taxi ride costs 10 yuan more or less to LaoJie DiYilou; or take Bus No.9(2 yuan) to YuZhong Park Stop,walk 5--8 mins to LaoJie(Old Street) then you can find our hostel 30 meters ahead. 3. From Huangshan Airport: 6 km, take a taxi at the airport and get off at Laojie Diyilou. Taxi ride costs 30 yuan more or less.
* Huangshan International Youth Hostel, Tangkou. Their food is not very good, but the rooms are cheap and clean with warm water and western toilets. They arranged various tours for us and were generally good. Rates start at less than ¥100 and peak out at ¥300 for a private room in peak season. edit
* Huangshan Old Street International Youth Hostel, 266 Laojie. Based in Tunxi. Decent looking hostel. Great at helping organise transport to Huangshan area and accommodation on the mountain edit
* Huangshan Tangkou Hotel, Tangkou (10 minutes by car from Huangshan South Gate), ܥ +86 559 5563366, [1]. Upmarket with comtemporarily furnished room. The place to stay if you want something classier and cleaner than your average china-run hotels. In house reasturant with good food also. They sometimes have a packaged deal that includes three nights of accommodation, airport pick up, free breakfast, and one complimentary lunch/dinner. edit
* Shilin Hotel. Also has a bunkhouse with very primitive facilities. ¥200-2,000 for doubles, ¥150-200 for dorms.
The Beihai has turned its former ball dancing room into a large dorm (and also some adjacent smaller rooms with 8-10 beds). I paid 100 RMB on a sat-sun night and it's only 10 mins from a great sunrise spot. 8-bed dorm with ensuite in Baiyun Hotel last year, early April. It cost 180 RMB/pax on a Saturday night http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/anhui/huang-shan/hotels http://www.hostels.com/hostels/huangshan/huangshan-old-street-youth-hostel/22758 Huangshan Travellers Home Town. By Bus: Passengers can take city-bus 18 or 19 to travel between Yuzhong Huayuan in downtown and the airport. Both of these buses are in operation from 07:00 to 17:30 with an interval of 20 minutes. Buses No.1, 2, and 6 run to the Railway Station By Taxi: Passengers can also take taxi at 1/F of the terminal to downtown area. 1. It takes about 15 minutes and CNY15-20 to the Railway Station. 2. It takes about CNY150 and 1.5 hours to Mt. Huangshan by taxi. 3. It takes about CNY100-110 and 1.5 hours to Xidi and Hongcun Ancient Villages in Yixian County by taxi. Take the bus to the mountain Gate, then change another to reach one of the two entrances&emdash;the Merciful Light Pavilion (Ciguang Ge) or the Cloud Valley Temple (Yungu Si). In addition,there are coaches going directly to Shexian and Jingdezhen setting out from Tangkou Town. Bus No.18 and Bus No.19 shuttle between the airport and Tunxi from 7:00am-17:30pm. There is taxi service at the first floor of the airline terminal. It will take you 10-15 yuan from the Airport to Tunxi by taxi. The taxi ride from Huangshan airport to the foot of Huangshan Mountain: about RMB120 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/anhui/huangshan/getting-there.htm Transport from Airport to Huangshan Mountain Firstly take bus or taxi to Tunxi Long-distance Bus Station, then go to Tangkou Town where change for special green bus for Huangshan Moutain.
================= 12/24 Huangshan (tunxi) to Shanghai (hongqiao) Shanghai Airlines FM9266 Economy / 738 Departure: 22:30 - Arrival: 23:35 Duration : 1h5m 150Y ========================================= 12/25 Leaving from: 2012-12-25 19:05 Pudong Airport(T1) Arrive:2012-12-25 21:25 Dayong Hehua Airport CHINA EASTERN AIRLINESMU5371Economy 545.9 Y
The #4 city bus is outside on the main road. This bus goes right past Zhongtian Hostel. This bus has a big #4 on both front and back- fare 1 RMB. The blue bus at the airport entrance goes to the city centre and is free. Zhongtian City Hostel is a bit hard to find first time as the building surrounded by the garden is actually on top of a 5 story building. Your rooms will be in the 20 story building behind. Bus No.4 services the following stops: Zhangjiajie Lotus (Hehua) Airport, Wai Tai Hotel, Hulilai Hotel, Dragon International Hotel, Department Store, Long-distance Bus Station, Hualian Supermarket, Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch Upon your arrival, you can take a cab to the local Bus Station to take a direct bus to the scenic area. From HeHua Airport（41.3km）:（Take a taxi directly to the hostel about RMB120）①No.4 Bus,25mins；②Taxi, RMB20-30,15mins——Zhangjiajie city's Bus Station or Tianmen mountain entrance——Mini bus”市内-武陵源”,RMB12,40mins——Wulingyuan's Bus Station——① From WeiYang road to the east take No.2 Bus,5mins；or②Taxi, RMB5,3mins——Wulingyuan Zhongtian Int'l Youth Hostel Short-distance shuttlebus Zhangjiajie bus station also provides short-distance buses to the surrounding scenic spots and suburbs. To Zhangjiajie Park is about 35 km, costing 11RMB per person for about 40 minutes, start every 15 minutes. To Suoxi Valley : about 34 km 8 RMB per person for minibus for about an hour start every 20 minutes To Tianzi Mountain:15RMB per person for about an hour, start every 20 minutes; To Yangjiajie scenic spot:start from 6:30 to 17:00 8RMB per person and start every 30 minutesÅGTo Cili county:start from 6:30 to 17:00 20RMB per person and start every 30 minutes; To Sangzhi county: start from 6:30 to 17:00 15RMB per person and start every 30 minutes To Maoyan River and Mengdong River:In the busiest travelling season, there are shuttle buses in front of Xianglong International Hotel and it is 45km to Maoyan river and 100km to Mengdong river. Buses to the nearby Yangjiajie Scenic Area and surrounding counties such as Feng Huang (Phoenix) County operate every day. Take bus No. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to the Zhangjiajie Long-distance Bus Station. Local Bus : Bus No.1 services the following stops: Zhangjiajie Railway Station, Xixiping, Lantian Hotel, Miaoyuan Hotel, Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch, Hualian Supermarket, Long-distance Bus Station
Bus No.2 services the following stops: Zhangjiajie Railway Station, Lantian Grand Hotel, Miaoyuan Hotel, Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch, Hualian Supermarket, Long-distance Bus Station, Department Store, Peple's Hospital, Bei Dou Xing Hotel, Hulilai Hotel, Xinhe Hotel
Bus No.3 services the following stops: Miaoyuan Hotel, Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch, Hualian Supermarket, Long-distance Bus Station, Department Store, Hulilai Hotel, Xinhe Hotel
Bus No.4 services the following stops: Zhangjiajie Lotus (Hehua) Airport, Wai Tai Hotel, Hulilai Hotel, Dragon International Hotel, Department Store, Long-distance Bus Station, Hualian Supermarket, Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch
Bus No.5 services the following stops: Bank of China Dongmenqiao Branch, Hualian Supermarket, Long-distance Bus Station, Department Store, Airport Hotel (Lishui Daqiao), Nanzhuangping, TuJia Folk Customs Park
Bus No.6 services the following stops: Dongmenqiao, Wuling Shopping Mall, Department Store, People's Hospital, Wuling University
Bus No.7 services by the following stops: Zhangjiajie Railway Station, Lantian Hotel, Miaoyuan Hotel, Martyr Memorial Park, Dragon International Hotel, Department Store, People's Hospital, Hulilai Hotel, Dongyulou Hotel, Minnan International Hotel, City Square.
Long-distance Buses To Changde start at 6:30 a.m. about200km 40RMB per person for bus or minibus To Jishou:start from 7:00 to 18:00 start every 60 minutes, 40 RMB per person To Fenghuang: start at 8:30 a.m. about 208km62RMB per person for bus or minibus 1/1 Zhangjiajie (dayong) to Beijing (capital) China Southern Airlines CZ3717 Economy / 321 Departure: 17:15 - Arrival: 19:25 The Airport Express runs in the following sequence: Dongzhimen -> Sanyuanqiao -> Terminal 3 -> Terminal 2 -> Sanyuanqiao -> Dongzhimen. Riders can transfer to Lines 2 and 13 at Dongzhimen and to Line 10 at Sanyuanqiao. At the airport, free shuttle buses connect Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Terminals 1 and 2 are also connected by a walkway. http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Peking-Yard-Hostel/Beijing/40998/reviews Train Take Airport Express Train to DONGZHIMEN Station. Then take subway Line 2 to YONGHEGONG (Lama Temple), and then transfer Line 5 to ZHANGZIZHONG LU Station. (Subway operates every 4-6 minutes from 5:30am-11:30pm.) Take D Exit and turn right. Then turn right on Wangzhima Hutong, at last with 150 meters pleasant walk. Train info / schedule / Hunan train Maps: Zhangjieajie attractions / Scenic Areas / tourism maps / map Xianren Qiao (Bridge of the Immortals) Tian Xia Di Yi Qiao - First Bridge of the World http://www.explorezhangjiajie.com/2012/explore-places_0319/60.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2179617 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2049799 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2049788&messageID=18420112#18420112 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2159576 http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyCewvGXsdA http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2179617 http://huntadventures.ca/newAdventures/?p=674 http://huntadventures.ca/newAdventures/?page_id=2 http://huntadventures.ca/newAdventures/?cat=142
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http://thegreatbigmaybe.weebly.com/15/post/2011/10/zhangjiajie-oct-10-13.html http://onestep4ward.com/zhangjiajie-national-park-inspiration-avatars-floating-mountains/ http://chinavacation2010.wordpress.com/tag/zhangjiajie/ http://toddthornback.wordpress.com/tag/zhangjiajie/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2049799 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/asia-zhangjiajie-waterfalls.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2025651 A sample itinerary: http://www.chinatourmap.com/zhangjiajie/5days.html http://www.chinatourmap.com/zhangjiajie.html http://www.zjjtrip.net/line.asp?id=157 http://www.passplanet.com/china/sw/ http://www.passplanet.com/china/sw/wulingyuan.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaili_City Animals of Zhangjiajie / pic Beijing got mountains too: http://www.beijing-travels.com/beijing_tour/mountain/ http://tochinaandbeyond.com/destinations/hunan/dehang/ Hengshan http://blog.ericjonesphoto.com/2011/01/hengshan.html http://www.chinadiscover.net/china-tour/hunanguide/hunan-heng-shan.htm http://funnjoy.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/the-hanging-temple-monastery-of-hengshan/ http://www.chinahighlights.com/datong/attraction/mt-hengshan.htm http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2214716 http://www.szcchina.com/hengshan-mountain-hunan.html http://www.visitourchina.com/blog/blog-235.aspx http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1313677 http://courtneycruzan.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/hanging-monastery-hengshan-mountain-shanxi/ http://blog.holachina.net/?p=680 http://blog.chinatravel.net/photography/odd-temple-statues-heng-shan-hunan.html Huangshan
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-203230.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-730387.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-494291.html
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