OK, I know it has taken me ages to write up the rest of the trip, but school has suddenly become busy. I am the choreographer for the performance Grease, and there are talent shows etc coming out of my ears. I am also in the final for a teaching competition which involves essays and lots of preparation. Ah.
But…on with the storey. After staying at our slightly horrible hotel, we awoke with hungry tummies and no hotel restaurant. After Jake asked the hotel clerk where was good to eat, he merely pointed to a sign across the road. We went to check it out, and Jake pointed out that this was a dog meat restaurant. Out vegetarian friend Duncan was not impressed and neither was I. We made do with biscuits and left to get in an expensive taxi and go to the main attraction of ZhangJiaJie, the mountains and the park.
We arrived at our new hotel and were pleasantly surprised, it was clean and luxurious. We wasted no time and paid a fortune for a 2 day pass into the park. We also picked up a non-English speaking guide on the way to the park and she was with us for the rest of the day, explaining stuff in Chinese. We understood some, but most of it was a mystery. The mountains were incredible, neither my writing nor photographs show how impressive this scenery was or how dam high the cliffs were!
After hours of walking along streams and getting neck ache by looking up at the towering rocks, we got in a huge (expensive) life that took you to the top of some of the peaks. The views were scary. The “viewing platforms”, which were a little rickety platform hanging off the edge of a 1000foot drop, with a wee wooden rail around it, were plentiful. Not only was Jake’s fear of heights tested, but my faith in Chinese construction wavered. We walked around the top of the mountain for most of the day, until Jake’s nerves could take it no longer. We went back to find we had to pay again to get back down in the lift, even though there was no other way down, clever! We then died in our hotel for the night.
But…on with the storey. After staying at our slightly horrible hotel, we awoke with hungry tummies and no hotel restaurant. After Jake asked the hotel clerk where was good to eat, he merely pointed to a sign across the road. We went to check it out, and Jake pointed out that this was a dog meat restaurant. Out vegetarian friend Duncan was not impressed and neither was I. We made do with biscuits and left to get in an expensive taxi and go to the main attraction of ZhangJiaJie, the mountains and the park.
We arrived at our new hotel and were pleasantly surprised, it was clean and luxurious. We wasted no time and paid a fortune for a 2 day pass into the park. We also picked up a non-English speaking guide on the way to the park and she was with us for the rest of the day, explaining stuff in Chinese. We understood some, but most of it was a mystery. The mountains were incredible, neither my writing nor photographs show how impressive this scenery was or how dam high the cliffs were!
After hours of walking along streams and getting neck ache by looking up at the towering rocks, we got in a huge (expensive) life that took you to the top of some of the peaks. The views were scary. The “viewing platforms”, which were a little rickety platform hanging off the edge of a 1000foot drop, with a wee wooden rail around it, were plentiful. Not only was Jake’s fear of heights tested, but my faith in Chinese construction wavered. We walked around the top of the mountain for most of the day, until Jake’s nerves could take it no longer. We went back to find we had to pay again to get back down in the lift, even though there was no other way down, clever! We then died in our hotel for the night.
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