Mount Huashan Huayin

05-08-2012 Xi'an

After another almost sleepless night train on the hard-seat we arrived in Xi’an (tsi-an), hometown of the world famous Terracotta Warriors. And we would have been exited if we weren’t so damn tired! We waited for half an hour for the promised pickup to show up, but eventually decided that we would find the …

note: this blog is between 26/12/2011 to 29/12/2011


Arriving at Xi’an Xian Yang international airport was probably one of the most eeriest moments I my life =S simply because it was the country side of china (which I’ve never really been to cause shanghai mainly city => very very little country life =.= )
whilst …

We got up and had a fantastic Hilton breakfast. My favorite were the fried vermicelli noodles, but I also had some eggs of course. Major was fascinated with using the juicer to make his own juice. After we were fully charged, we struck out for the mountain. Huashan Mountain is situated in Huayin City which is roughly 120 kilometers (about 75 miles …

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Derde week zit er bijna op, tijd voor een update!

Dus na afscheid genomen te hebben van de andere vrijwilligers, er nieuwe bij zijn gekomen is de hele samenstelling van de groep omgegooid. Er zijn twee vrouwen bijgekomen, een gepensioneerd en de andere rond de 40. From Hawaï and Scotland (Not the United …

Woke up at 5am. Walked to east peak for sunrise. Clear skies. Breakfast between east and south peak. Met Dutch couple. Climbed south peak and cliff face entral peak to middle & north peak. Descended via west peak (2hrs). Bus to Xian (2hrs). Arrived 3:30pm. 8pm hard sleeper train to Chengdu …

There I am, back from hiking Mt. Hua, or Hua Shan. It was sooo amazing! I don't have much time to typ, but I woke up at 6am in the morning on Sunday to get the train at 8.15 for only 19.9Y. I met Anastasiya at the trainstation and we bought tickets. The train took twice as long as we expected, but that was ok. We got a taxi with a Chinese boy and …

Here pictures from the plank walk in Huashan.

Tonight i take a train to jiangyou and there i hope to get a bus to jiuzhaigou. after jiuzhaigou i want to go to langmusi. a little mountainvillage. I might not have internet for a while. After langmusi i want to go north to Xining.

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After Zhen’s boss pulled his long distance strings we were met on Xian station platform by two bright eyedemployees of Western China Petroleum. This was in stark contrast to us after a 13 hour overnight train journey had turned us into bleary eyed babies waking up for the first time into a world we weren’t prepared for. We …

Mention Hua Mountain to any Chinese person and they'll tell you it’s one of China’s steepest mountains. Its reputation precedes it.

In actuality, it’s a very doable climb. Hard-core hikers would sneer at its paved trail (beginning with a concrete walkway and transitioning into stone steps) and metal railings. I hesitate …