Day 71 (24th July) Shanghai
The only thing about Shanghai that I had heard of was the Bund, and it is the Number 1 tourist attraction. So we went there via the Nanjing Road East … Read more
The only thing about Shanghai that I had heard of was the Bund, and it is the Number 1 tourist attraction. So we went there via the Nanjing Road East … Read more
Day 70 (23rd July) Shanghai On this kind of trip there are brilliant days, good days, average days, bad days and crap days. This was the latter. The idea was … Read more
We almost missed the Maglev train to Shanghai because we were waiting in the wrong station, but got to the platform just as it arrived. We had had to buy … Read more
It was a case of getting a bus journey of over 5 hours from Fenghuang to Changsha or taking the Maglev high-speed train which took two hours from what, rather … Read more
Nothing much to say today. We went down the road to the riverside and, crossing a bridge, walked down a different side of the river. It was much better than … Read more
We got to the bus station for the 8.50 bus to Fenghuang at about 8.10 and were immediately shepherded onto a large taxi by a lady who, as at Yichang, … Read more
When we went to Tianmenshan mountain in 2012, everything was easy and greatly enjoyable. We went to the terminus of the world’s longest cable car, bought tickets, took the 35-minute … Read more
The visit to Wulingyuan national reserve, 35 kms north of Zhangjiajie, was supposed to be a highlight of the trip. With massive vertical sandstone peaks, it was where the “Avatar” … Read more
The journey from Yichang to Zhangjiajie was slightly complicated. A taxi took us to Yichang’s massive railway station. In 2012 it was a pokey little place in the centre of … Read more
A useless day. The only train to Zhangjiajie which doesn’t set off in the middle of the night or take 12 hours left at 10.24 and it was too late … Read more