Wanyi Hotel Fenghuang

... I spied in the lanes. It wasn't just garlands for sale, though... there was barely room to move between the clustered stalls selling all manner of tourist junk from embroidered bags to cheap jewelery, name seals to local spirit. Then there were the costume photographers, with their baskets of local tribal costumes in which the Chinese were delighted to dress up in order to be photographed, so the whole ...

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... but we both decided we couldn't leave Fenghuang without attempting it. The sensible thing would be to cross it in daylight when the area tends to be less crowded. Even though we hadn't had anything to drink that evening our confidence was so high we thought it would be safe to cross in the dark. We knew that if disaster struck and one of us did fall in, the water wasn't that high and we would be able to get out safely. So ...

... The only down side was the toilet and shower both had see thorugh glass. Which was a bit awkward when we needed to go. We did get a knock on the door though about 11.30pm and it was a member of staff with the local police. Finally they had caught up with Alison and were taking her away. Peace at last. Unfortunatley it was the wrong room. There are no pictures as the town was rubbish.

Alison: Ditto except the part about the police :-)

... in the world. But then a bus full of Chinese tourists pulled up, and they all piled out, looked at the view with mild interest, and then got back in again. I just don't see the point of doing that, I think you get a lot more out of it if you trek there by yourself.

From Zhangjiajie, went to Dehang, it's a beautiful village set in amazing scenery, inhabited by the Miao, an ethnic minority in China. The women wear beautifully embroidered ...

... guy that had traveled with Young (name?), and a Chinese girl named "Huh". We had a good time exploring the town even though the weather was a bit overcast. Yesterday we had planned to go out to another small village close to Feng Huang where the "Miao" people (a Chinese minority group) live. The weather made the roads very difficult to maneuver and ultimately we decided not to go. We did however go outside and walk around for some photo opts. While we were beside the river we found ...

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notes:

arrived off the bus with 3 hours to sightsee fenghuang. Came with canadian friends. dropped off bags at their hostel. very beautiful river town. could stay longer, but saw most of the city in 3 hours really. mostly selling wierd stuff on streets. amazing views along water. walked across a rock step bridge. blitzed through everything. caught bus with 20 minutes to spare.

... we would catch another bus to Dehang he offered to just take us to Dehang himself without charging us much extra. This turned out to be the most valuable 5 yuan we spent the entire trip.             Upon reaching Dehang and paying the 60 yuan to get into the village we discovered that there were no rooms for westerners left. Not to be deterred our driver (after being given a few cigarettes) made some calls and found a place where we could stay. I am still not sure if where we ...

... all selling the same knick nacky stuff - the chinese haven't quite learned the differentiation approach to marketing yet. We then ran into to Micheal and Anke again (I think they were begining to think that we were stalking them!). After exchanging travel stories we headed off to a cuban bar where we drank vodka and smoked cuban cigars - I felt really cool! Were up early the next morning to cathc the bus to Hua Hua (3hours) before the nightmare sleeper bus to Guilin.