Over the national May holiday, Shane, Shobana and I traveled to western Hunan to 2 beautiful areas. The first and more scenic and mountainous Dehang, and the second lively yet relaxing river town of Fenghuang. It was a fast-paced trip with 2 sleeper trains, 4 bus rides and lots of walking, but I left Xiangxi feeling satisfied and rejuvenated.
Here's a quick rundown of what we did...
Afternoon: hiked through mountains and rice paddies and eventually up a mountain to the Tianwen Tai (literal translation: heaven-asking platform) for an amazing, birds eye view of the karsts, took a bus to the newly constructed Aizhi Bridge (one of the highest bridges in the world), returned to village
Evening: traveled to Fenghuang
Morning: indulged in a western brunch and then took a boat ride down the river that flows through Fenghuang
Afternoon: lazed around the town, took hundreds of pictures and eventually made our way to the train station for sleeper train #2
Here's a quick rundown of what we did...
Dehang
Morning: arrived in Dehang after sleeper train #1, hiked to the Liusha Waterfall, hiked behind waterfall and got completely soaked, hiked back to village for a hearty lunch of local dishesAfternoon: hiked through mountains and rice paddies and eventually up a mountain to the Tianwen Tai (literal translation: heaven-asking platform) for an amazing, birds eye view of the karsts, took a bus to the newly constructed Aizhi Bridge (one of the highest bridges in the world), returned to village
Evening: traveled to Fenghuang
Fenghuang
Evening: walked around the streets of Fenghuang and experienced the nightlifeMorning: indulged in a western brunch and then took a boat ride down the river that flows through Fenghuang
Afternoon: lazed around the town, took hundreds of pictures and eventually made our way to the train station for sleeper train #2
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