Pheonix town
Day 118 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 20 in China
Xue bridge over Tuojiang River, Fenghuang
We spent the day exploring Fenghuang, this time during the day, before heading to Hunan's most famous attraction, Wulingyuan.
Going From One Water Town to Another
Day 117 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 19 in China
Tuojiang River, Fenghuang
Time to move on from Zhenyuan and Guizhou province. It has been lovely but we're off to Fenghuang 鳳凰 (literally: Pheonix) in Hunan province. I do not have many happy memories of its capital, Changsha, and look forward to never visiting again. I braced myself for future encounters with rude people.
Exploring Zhenyuan
Day 116 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 18 in China
Zhenyuan
Seeing as there was no Dragon boat racing we just were left with exploring the town. We took the opportunity to bypass “official” ways to get to get a viewpoint (not the first time in China on this trip!)
Zhenyuan: An Ancient Water Town
Day 115 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 17 in China
Zhusheng bridge over Wuyang river, Zhenyuan
Zhenyuan 鎮遠 ancient water town, supposedly with 2000 years of history, was yet another destination I had found whilst on the road. It had been years, decades since I had seen dragon boat racing in person. And when I found out that the dragon boat festival was coming up on 7th June (i.e. the 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar) AND that Zhengyuan was a famous place to view the sport, I declared to A that we HAD to go.
The South Side of Gui Mountain
Day 114 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 16 in China
Dingguan Gate and the outer city wall at Qingyan ancient town
Guiyang 貴陽, the capital of Guizhou Province, means “South Side of Gui Mountain”. I cannot confidently say why we stopped here but it was in between Anshun and our next destination of Zhenyuan, an ancient water town.
Huangguoshu Waterfall
Day 113 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 15 in China
The top of Huangguoshu Waterfall
Huangguoshu (literally: Yellow Fruit Tree) Waterfall 黃果樹瀑布 is one of China's largest waterfalls at 67m high and 83m wide. It is also known for having a pathway dug into the cliff face, meaning you are able to walk behind the curtain of water that comes gushing over the cliff. How exciting!
Cloud Mountain Village and Rainbow Mountain Lake
Day 112 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 14 in China
The rolling mountains near Yunshan village, Anshun
The title sounds kinda hippy, hey?
More Karsts were in store for us today at a small historic village called Yunshan 雲山 (literally: cloud mountain) near Anshun. I just think Karst scenary is so interesting and beautiful. Ippy cannot completely remember how she stumbled across this small village, but she does remember seeing drone photos taken from the village on Google Maps and being inspired to visit - sad but there's the truth!
Across the Mountains to Anshun
Day 111 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 13 in China
A very spicy duck 'dry pot'
Off to Anshun, where a delicious duck “dry pot” awaits us. We see more Guizhou scenary along the way.
Limestone rocks
Day 110 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 12 in China
Mountains in Wanfenglin
Finally, we were off to see the two natural beauties that drove us to stop at Xingyi in the first place - Wanfenglin and Nading stone forest.
Real Bacon in China
Day 109 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 11 in China
Big wall of instant noodles for sale at a supermarket in Xingyi
Had a lazy day today in Xingyi, Guizhou Province but we had a good dinner.
