Hua Zhong Hotel Shiyan
South Renmin Road Shiyan, Hubei, China
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Embracing The Universe
... to explore the town.
We ventured forward to find what this spot of civilization adjacent to the world’s largest Taoist center had to offer. What we discovered were rows after rows of sword shops, all of which seemed to be selling the exact same things. I picked up a few swords to take a look at them, many of them holding large Yin Yangs and looking pretty cool. What I quickly discovered, however, was that ALL the swords were 100 percent fake. Not that I expected ...
The True East
... ride to the front of the mountain and be lifted by the cable car. We were all game for hiking, until they informed us that the last bus left from the checkpoint to the spot below at 6pm, and that the hike was a 3 - 4 hour ordeal. I sighed with discontent, and argued amongst the group so that we might hike to the top and then take the cable car back down. Unfortunately for me, I was outnumbered in favor of the other opinion, and I soon found myself dragged to the other bus to ...
Wonderous Wudang Shan - The Journey
... key word I’m afraid, and it’s one I don’t feel I should be proud of having applied to the Chinese experience.
Packed, prepared, and with a head full of thoughts and anticipation, I checked my email quickly for the last time before I’d be cut off from the outside world. Joanne and Austin came and found me, and I prepped my begs for departure. I had an extra bag, but that was fine. Once it was dropped in the hotel, where and whenever that might ...
Mystical Mount Wudang
... painter at work. Then on to Nanyan to visit Nanyan temple. This temple is beautifully located hanging from the side of the mountain. It is also known as the temple from which Shao Long jumps down at the end of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to fulfill Shao Hu's dream. In this temple too, Xiao Dre and Mr Han see a taoist nun controlling a cobra with her intention in the new Karate Kid. The second time I went back with Gabriela and Alexander (DK) and ...
PLEASE no more steps!!!
... and the policeman laughed (as this was obviously a ridiculously increased tourist price)... We managed to get him to half it and thought we were on the way. Turns out, there is another hotel with the same name in the city... But we wanted to get to the mountain... So said no, no, no. The taxi man then picked up another girl who spoke English and we explained to her what we wanted. He then took us to the bottom of the mountain, where you have to pay an entrance ...


