Huangzhou

although two hours south of shanghai i saw nothing but grey urban sprawl for the whole trip. and they say the west midlands is grim. travelled with herds of chinese peasants on bottom bunk of hard sleeper, so couldn't sit up, when pitched up met by drab ...

We have driven 5 hours to arrive at Huangzhou, a small city of 6.5 million. We are staying at the Ramada Huangzhou, a 4 store hotel, with Western menus and Western Breakfast! Yeah! We dive into the western menu, and Salmon, Hamburgers,and Lasagne never ...

... ultimately charmed me, in its entirety. Although only experiancing it for several hours. I will see its famed CBD in two days anyway. Huangzhou at night was beautiful with old Padoga's and City Walls lining the streets near the Hostel. As well, going to a ...

Spent a nice couple of days in Hangzou - a relatively small city of a million or two that surrounds a massive lake. We spent the day walking around the whole lake (about 20km) and stopping off at the various sights there are to see around the edge. Not ...

... thinking though as our shoes stunk already. We had arranged for a minibus to pick us up at 8am as we heading over to Huangzhou en route to Hong Kong.  Huangzhou is one of the most prosperous cities in China and is also famous for its beautiful ...

... usually a good opportunity because we don't have to worry about being ripped off by drivers. My companion has the idea to go to HuangZhou by bus with his friends, and then catch a direct train from there to BeiJing. The villages trip tips me in favor ...

... I left for Zhangjiajie Jeff and I also got a chance to go visit a large temple complex located in hills on the outskirts of Huangzhou. "The Temple of the Hidden Immortals" (or Lingyin) is one of the biggest Buddhist temples in China. It was a fairly large ...

... things in Chinese and then gave us the big thumbs up and a nod. The next day we left Shanghai and arrived in Huangzhou around 4 in the afternoon. We were hungry and had been toting around left over groceries, so Gino decided to make grilled sandwiches ...

We left Huangzhou at 8 a.m. for Huang Shan. The mini bus ride took us through mountains and many small villages. From the twisty, bumpy road we could see a beautiful, brand new, smooth expressway that we rode beside and travelled under quite a few times ...

... was nothing. It didn't improve my confidence in the whole affair when the captain came on the radio and announced we were going to Huangzhou. Luckily, he came back on in a few minutes and changed his mind. I've loads more to tell you about this flight, ...

... to the Bonnaroo Music festival which was an experience. Now I start my journey in China. I plan on going to Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, and Huangzhou during my 16 days there, but I left my itinerary open so I can change things on a whim. I did not want to ...

... and relaxing scenery. I felt like I wanted to set up a hammock enjoy the scenery and just take a nice nap. The other city was Huangzhou. It definitely had more of a hustle and bustle feel to the city. We got in around dinner time so we checked out a few ...