Hongta Hotel Huangshan

Yellow Mountain itself likes groups of giant granite. There are only dusts or derbies stuck between stones. Those pine tree manages to stick their root in such a tiny space and grow in a such elegant ways. Depending on the altitude where those pines grows, people naming differently. For those pines grow at the lower altitude ...

... people call them pony tail pine because their leaves/branches only grow one direction. For those pine trees grow at the higher altitude areas, people call them Yellow Mountain Pine.<br><br>No matter how the tree grows or leaves are heading, their roots are so strong and firm that make those trees grow more generations to come.

One of regional delicacy in Huizhuo area is stinky fish. People caught the local river fish and aged the fish for a week with multiple spice and pickles. People cook the fish with black beans. The meat of the fish tastes so creamy and fresh that you won't believe that the fish was aged for a ...

This is a very interesting street in Tunxi - Old Street. This street could dates all the way back in Ching dynasty or older. <br><br>Huai-Cho is famous for the supply of traditional Chinese stationary: brush pens, Ying Tai, Ink stick and paper. This is a street for one shop shopping for all of them.<br><br>Huai-Cho is also ...

... down. At times I actually felt like I was in one of those old platform games, like Sonic or Mario, which really added to the awesome. <br><br>We finally got to our 5 star hotel base camp at the end of the day, and slept in the 150&#20803;/night (standard rooms were 600&#20803;/night) tent in the hotel's backyard. In the morning the mountain had a comfortable temperature that was a great break from the humidity of Shanghai, but once the sum ...

... strangest shape. None are your normal box shape and each room has a small area where crystal clear freezing cold water can be found. I honestly thought the chisel marks were made by a machine and the fact that each wall and ceilings connection was so perfect also made me wonder so much so that I actually thought of leaving but then I ...

... UNESCO in 2000.<br><br>Hongcun Village - Chinese Buffalo-shaped Ancient Village <br><br>Hongcun Village is located at the foot of the southwest side of Mt. Huangshan and only eleven kilometers away from Yixian town. In the Song Dynasty the villagers constructed an irrigation canal intervening every house, so virtually every household in the village has easy access of the canal. The ...

... but they wanted more money than I gave them which was at the old rate and the new rate for Saturday night. <br><br>They then told me that they had now changed the price today instead of tomorrow.<br><br>Needless to say I didn&#8217;t bother staying even after they told me how beautiful Qingdao was fifteen million times. I then told than what I thought of ...

... it was starting to get dark, so we retired (she would tell me this was the first time she had ever slept in a tent in her life and my mind exploded all over the inside of the tent), too bad she was so tired and our neighbors were so close. 16th: The next day, awakened in complete darkness by her cell phone alarm, we took our yellow coats (provided with the tent) and the walking stick and headed out to make the peak before sunrise. Of ...

More pictures up at picasaweb.google.com/laurie.b.young Sorry for the crazy photo formatting...this website makes it so you don't know what you're going to get until you post and then it's a royal pain to change. Lesson 1: Your Chinese students will be no help in directing you to the most efficient routes for your travel destinations. They will claim to know best and you may feel inclined to believe. After all this is their home ...