10. Beautiful Zhangjiajie
This is our second day in Zhangjiajie. Yesterday it was rainy and cold. Today, the weather is beautiful, not too hot, not too cold, just right. Yesterday, we were in the CiLi Area. Today, we toured the XuangZhi area which is only a few minutes from our hotel in PiPaXi. Today's tour is all inside the Zhanjiajie National Park - the first national park of China.
First, a photo from yesterday's trip to Lake BaoFung. This is the mountain lake that I mentioned yesterday. See how beautiful it is:
Using your imagination, you might be able to make out the silhouette of a toad with his (or may be her?) tongue sticking out. Anyway, this area scenic area is filled with such rock formations that jut 1000 meters straight up into the air. Since China has a long cultural tradition of naming everything, each mesa has been carefully looked at by many learned people, and the poets among them would give each a three- or four-word artsy name. When I get home, I'll post a list of such names, not that if it matters at all.
Yesterday, we saw the rock formations buried in misty rain clouds. Today, the weather cooperates so here is a must see photo of Huang Si Jia:
This formation has been named the Five Fingers Rock. The entire area is just stunning. I took the photo from another mesa that is across from this group. Of course, we got there by riding a cable car that takes 50 people at a time up to the peak every 4 minutes. There was a long line but it was worth the wait.
Basically, the whole Zhangjiajie area is just like these two photos. The local natives all belong to the family of Tu (literally meaning earth people). The women dresses in multi-colored cloths and are very fond of singing short tunes (Sang Ge). The food here is simply prepared but the chef in our hotel created a variety of tasty dishes. Two specialties I'll mention are tiny river shrimp the size of your fingernails stirred in a red sauce and JingBian Yu (Golden Whip Fish), tiny fish that resemble smelts that are deep fried till they are crunchy. Yes, we ate the whole fish, head, tail, and all - and it's delicious.
Tomorrow, we'll leave Zhangjiajie and head for ChangDe and a place known as Tao Hua Yuan, still all in the province of Hunan. Stay tuned and I hope the next hotel will also have an internet connection!
First, a photo from yesterday's trip to Lake BaoFung. This is the mountain lake that I mentioned yesterday. See how beautiful it is:
Using your imagination, you might be able to make out the silhouette of a toad with his (or may be her?) tongue sticking out. Anyway, this area scenic area is filled with such rock formations that jut 1000 meters straight up into the air. Since China has a long cultural tradition of naming everything, each mesa has been carefully looked at by many learned people, and the poets among them would give each a three- or four-word artsy name. When I get home, I'll post a list of such names, not that if it matters at all.
Yesterday, we saw the rock formations buried in misty rain clouds. Today, the weather cooperates so here is a must see photo of Huang Si Jia:
This formation has been named the Five Fingers Rock. The entire area is just stunning. I took the photo from another mesa that is across from this group. Of course, we got there by riding a cable car that takes 50 people at a time up to the peak every 4 minutes. There was a long line but it was worth the wait.
Basically, the whole Zhangjiajie area is just like these two photos. The local natives all belong to the family of Tu (literally meaning earth people). The women dresses in multi-colored cloths and are very fond of singing short tunes (Sang Ge). The food here is simply prepared but the chef in our hotel created a variety of tasty dishes. Two specialties I'll mention are tiny river shrimp the size of your fingernails stirred in a red sauce and JingBian Yu (Golden Whip Fish), tiny fish that resemble smelts that are deep fried till they are crunchy. Yes, we ate the whole fish, head, tail, and all - and it's delicious.
Tomorrow, we'll leave Zhangjiajie and head for ChangDe and a place known as Tao Hua Yuan, still all in the province of Hunan. Stay tuned and I hope the next hotel will also have an internet connection!
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