Huayin, China

We took a day trip from Xian to see Huashan, another granite domed mountain with windy chain link fence trails with sheer dropoffs on either side. It was quite an ordeal getting there and back.  We were told it would take 2 hours by bus, but there ...

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... ’t a great day. The temperature was rising and the haze and smog were closing in. It took us around 2 hours to get to Huayin, the town at the foot of Hua Shan. As we approached the mountain we had no idea where it was. The entire range was completely ...

... and around in circles being pointed this way and that, only to relise that when i finally reach my destination that I have already walked past it 3 times already. Lesson No.1 in China: Never try to navigate yourself somewhere by foot, take a bloody taxi!