Huangshan Mountain, the moments my endless energy has ended
a beautiful scene on the way to Huangshan
Everybody admires of my love for travelling. Some people even became jeaolus of my endless energy. Otherwise, how can I take 10 hours flights, meetings after jetlagged nights, travelling in dragon-size country and more. Little being spoiled myself, I love my type of travels. Isnt it everyone has some moments to hate herself? I have experienced that very deeply this time. I found a friends who is just like me, loves travel and jump into any words contain "going or travelling". We took the highway to Huangshan mountaion and got lost on the way. After losing 3 hours in finding the true way, we arrived to hotel around 8 oclock. Tomorow, the big day we climb to the mountain, there are many cable cars to the mountains. so I felt very comfortable.
We all got dressed in suitable clothes for climbing (not real climbing but good for heavy walking). You can see the excitement to see the most picturesque mountain of China. we first park the car and take the bus to the mountain, then we walk little, and we finally take the cable car. Everything looks very normal until now.
Because for three years of my China trips, I was dying to come here, I walked very willingly. In the cable car (10 minutes), We barely look down. It is going up and up and up, I start enjoy the view gradually. We got off the cable car and walk up and down around the mountain and take pictures.
Cable car to the mountain, not to the peak just to some points.
Because we have guide friend of my friend from Huangshan come with us. She insistingly dont tell us how much left for walking. We thought we almost came to peak after 3 hours walking. She says we did not even reach the half, I did not translate those sentences to my mother at the moment she was about to cry because of her leg aches. At that moment, I had a fight in my inside and I hate myself!!! I wish I could know We have to wlak another 2 hours.
Welcoming tree!
Trees blowed out of rocks look amazing. We are taking pictures around steep rocks with a fear of high, I try not to look around just focus on the objective. Mom is teasing me because I cant look down, she is very brave to climb and pose us on the crag. Amazing! Chinese love imagining and creating somethings accordingly. Wherever they looks, they resembles those trees to something. altough trees shaped by strong wind, they thought trees are welcoming the guests. May they just say, not believe actually.
This is another supersitition, Love locks.
Lock the lock and together forever!.
After 5 hours climbing, we found nothing but a peak. Also, the view in the first half was so much better than that. I can`t believe I let many people come with me, walked 5 hours and there are more to go back. My mom was sending me sharp looks after she got through that pain. While we thought it would be easier to go down, heavy rain started. It was not a summer drizzling but raining cats and dogs.
Another 3 hours to the cable car to go back down, we almost melted like a sugar. There was no place just a coffee house to stay in. We took a choclate drinks and stay a bit. Sweat, rain, long walk made me not to move a while, I had a terrible neck pain and leg pain whole week.
In the rain, cable car was not working. We had to wait many people in the line. Imagine Chinese size line, I guess there is no place without people in this country.
Huangshan Mountaion worth to be seen, just you dont have to be in the peak.
How to gothere?
Huangshan is close to Hangzhou, so I can tell you the best way from Hangzhou. Even you stay around city, you have to take a cab to the mountaion entrance. There are buses to the entrance up in the mountaion. Please note that buses, entrance, cable car all have some cost. One person has to pay around 180-200 Yuan. Please bring your water and food otherwise you will have very limited food with expensive prices.
There is airport in Huangshan and everyday flights to Shanghai. Also, there are buses from Shanghai, Huangshan, Hangzhou and Ningbo. I recommend you to stay in Huangshan Golf hotel and try to get deals from www.ctrip.com
Enjoy the view of Huangshan!
Loved this place!!!
Posted by: HLL | 04/19/2010 at 12:38 PM