Trip to Hua Shan,
First of all I am really sorry that I am not able to add photos ,as recently this site is blocked in China and I am using thevproxy site to open it which means can't add any photos.
I am so sad though,btrreaders can understand I am not so pathetic..
back to the story:
We had another short holiday this weekend and decided to go to the Mount Hua, which is located 200 Km on the East part of Xian.
As we used to for our trips we got up around 7ish and get the cab to the train station and surprisingly saw a huge queue in front of us.
Well I admit that mountain is pretty famous in these area ,and as we all(who live in China) know ,in any public holiday every where is jammed and crowed by Pack of locals who are going somewhere.
Chinese citizen who are employed ,in 99% of jobs which they are dealing with ,just have 5 days off per year.
Anyhow back to our trip it was 8ish we started our trip and it took 2 hours to reach to Hua Town. Bus dropped us on the bottom and we saw the gate and plenty of mini busses ready to take people up .
Most of mountains you have to get a cab or mini bus to reach to part of mountain which you can climb.
In fact some mountains are pretty famous and crowed or in peak seasons have so many visitors ,like mount Hua ,which you don’t need to be worried for vehicle as there are plenty.
Some mountains like Mogan Shan near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, is harsh top get down or climb as rarely mini- buses or taxis give you a lift.
It took around half an hour we reached to the main entrance .and there were 2 different area which you had 2 choices of using a cable car or climb on foot. As majorities get cable we decided for one way till we know about more about distance and areas. I am so happy we did .
Apparently it could take 3 hours and really hard to climb up. We reached to the final station of cable car and our real journey started. By that time we arrived there was almost 12 and we climbed a bit and reach to the North peak which is almost 1800 M .This mountain as Huan Shan( Yellow Mountain) has different peaks and different directions to summit area, after we reached to the North part went back and passed y the only freaking Hostel there.
We were wondering if we could stay over night there ,but it would cost each of us 340 RMB per night and I said screw it .It is not going to happen, so let’s climb the whole freaking day and go back and sleep at night on the bottom which is much cheaper. Moreover we were totally prepared this time with food and snacks and drink as in mountain if triple price for any thing.
So we chose anther direction to the West peak which took another hour and meanwhile we ate .The main problem was ,crowd .Chinese love taking freaking photos for hours and we had to wait for the whole ,entire family over 10 people to get their memorable photos ,then continue climbing. No complain …
Another difference between this mountain and others as I have been to more than 6 mountains in China was chain climbing .
Well you may not believe but some parts were unreachable and we had to hold the rusty chain
and climb peacefully, well it is not fun though in 2000 Meters believe me or not.
We were lucky and ecstatic that could find some other paths to avoid the crowd and have a bit fun climbing and enjoy the beauty of nature.
It was almost 3.30 P.M we decided not to discover the whole mountain range and let climb down and calculated it has been 4 freaking hours climbing up non stop so lets e pathetic and go back..
The way back we decided save more money and even don’t use the cable car so you can imagine how it was. With chain stuff we had to deal half of the way down. but I was so happy it was the way down not up, as it is easier, if you can control not look down.
I have aqua-phobia but I love mountain climbing. So determined not to look down other wise feel giddy and the rest of story would be unfinished.
Anyhow in 2 hours we were down and I hardly could feel my legs and they were completely numbed.
And by that time we saw the bus ready back to Xian ,so decided to back home and sleep in our lovely bed and no point stay a night there.
Anyhow It was great trip though.
First of all I am really sorry that I am not able to add photos ,as recently this site is blocked in China and I am using thevproxy site to open it which means can't add any photos.
I am so sad though,btrreaders can understand I am not so pathetic..
back to the story:
We had another short holiday this weekend and decided to go to the Mount Hua, which is located 200 Km on the East part of Xian.
As we used to for our trips we got up around 7ish and get the cab to the train station and surprisingly saw a huge queue in front of us.
Well I admit that mountain is pretty famous in these area ,and as we all(who live in China) know ,in any public holiday every where is jammed and crowed by Pack of locals who are going somewhere.
Chinese citizen who are employed ,in 99% of jobs which they are dealing with ,just have 5 days off per year.
Anyhow back to our trip it was 8ish we started our trip and it took 2 hours to reach to Hua Town. Bus dropped us on the bottom and we saw the gate and plenty of mini busses ready to take people up .
Most of mountains you have to get a cab or mini bus to reach to part of mountain which you can climb.
In fact some mountains are pretty famous and crowed or in peak seasons have so many visitors ,like mount Hua ,which you don’t need to be worried for vehicle as there are plenty.
Some mountains like Mogan Shan near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, is harsh top get down or climb as rarely mini- buses or taxis give you a lift.
It took around half an hour we reached to the main entrance .and there were 2 different area which you had 2 choices of using a cable car or climb on foot. As majorities get cable we decided for one way till we know about more about distance and areas. I am so happy we did .
Apparently it could take 3 hours and really hard to climb up. We reached to the final station of cable car and our real journey started. By that time we arrived there was almost 12 and we climbed a bit and reach to the North peak which is almost 1800 M .This mountain as Huan Shan( Yellow Mountain) has different peaks and different directions to summit area, after we reached to the North part went back and passed y the only freaking Hostel there.
We were wondering if we could stay over night there ,but it would cost each of us 340 RMB per night and I said screw it .It is not going to happen, so let’s climb the whole freaking day and go back and sleep at night on the bottom which is much cheaper. Moreover we were totally prepared this time with food and snacks and drink as in mountain if triple price for any thing.
So we chose anther direction to the West peak which took another hour and meanwhile we ate .The main problem was ,crowd .Chinese love taking freaking photos for hours and we had to wait for the whole ,entire family over 10 people to get their memorable photos ,then continue climbing. No complain …
Another difference between this mountain and others as I have been to more than 6 mountains in China was chain climbing .
Well you may not believe but some parts were unreachable and we had to hold the rusty chain
and climb peacefully, well it is not fun though in 2000 Meters believe me or not.We were lucky and ecstatic that could find some other paths to avoid the crowd and have a bit fun climbing and enjoy the beauty of nature.
It was almost 3.30 P.M we decided not to discover the whole mountain range and let climb down and calculated it has been 4 freaking hours climbing up non stop so lets e pathetic and go back..
The way back we decided save more money and even don’t use the cable car so you can imagine how it was. With chain stuff we had to deal half of the way down. but I was so happy it was the way down not up, as it is easier, if you can control not look down.
I have aqua-phobia but I love mountain climbing. So determined not to look down other wise feel giddy and the rest of story would be unfinished.
Anyhow in 2 hours we were down and I hardly could feel my legs and they were completely numbed.
And by that time we saw the bus ready back to Xian ,so decided to back home and sleep in our lovely bed and no point stay a night there.
Anyhow It was great trip though.
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