Transport to Huashan   Today we have a trip to Huashan.  I had booked the entrance and cablecar tickets as a combo with return transport from the city to Huashan which is about 2h away each way. We had the choice of meeting at a set pick-up point or from our hotel.  But because our […]

Main site Today we revisit the Terracotta Warriors outside town, combined with the Huaqing Palace near to the warriors site.  It is possible to do it by public transport but some of us decided it would be eaiser getting a private car.  It turned out to be a great decision as it was a long […]

Above: Chongqing skyline in the background.   Yangtze River Cableway We wanted to take the cable car across the Yangtze during our stay in Chongqing, to get a good overview of the city.  To avoid the crowd, we started early and was aided by the fact we were 5 mins away from the cable car […]

Sleeper train to Chongqing After four nights at Wulingyuan (or six nights at the Wulingyuan and Zhangjiajie area) we depart for Chongqing. Our now regular driver picked us up after breakfast at 0930 to take us to Zhangjiajie West station.  It was our sixth time at the station having done trips from there to Furong […]

Glass Bridge Having explored the main parts of Zhangjiajie National Park, we move on to explore the areas slightly further away. Specifically, this morning we go to the Grand Canyon, starting with a ride with our friendly driver whom we’ve had on-and-off for the last couple of days. We departed at 0730 and were at […]

Bailong Elevator We had read horror stories of people queueing for two hours to get on the Bailong Elevator.  We were determined not to do that and started early, getting to the park entrance before 0700 and onto the first buses bound for Bailong. There was actually a short elevator ride to take us to […]