Tag: hiking
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The heady heights of Tianmen Mountain
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What’s better than one day of mega hiking? A lie in! Ha – no I jest, we did another day of mega hiking. This time up to the heady heights of Tianmen Mountain. Our brilliant organisational skills struck once again as we got a DiDi to the cableway, where we were told we could only…
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park: The Real Avatar
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After a very long – although first class and comfortable (they fancy!) – 7 hour train from Guilin North, we finally arrived in our next stop of Zhangjiajie. Here we were seeking to prove the words of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – baby there ain’t no mountain high enough. You will later discover that…
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Guilin & Longji Rice Terraces
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Hailed as one of the top rice terraces in China, a visit to Longji was a must on our Chinese travel itinerary. Because there were a few things we wanted to do in the Guilin/Yangshao area, we decided to go for a tour on this occasion, which included an English speaking guide, transfers and multiple…
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Weird & wonderful Wangxian
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Today was a travel day to a town called Wangxian Valley Town, a place I had seen on an Instagram reel once and apparently this was enough for me to book accommodation here. Zach was somehow on board with this at the time (he was still working while I was doing ‘the planning’), but was…
The Awkward Travellers 