We woke up early for our holiday to Huangshan Mountain. The first day was spent wandering around the city of Tunxi, which is around 1.5 hours from the mountain. It’s basically where civilisation is, so we could wander around museums, city streets and shops. According to tourist guides, they warn you to “stay away from the whole Huangshan area during the May day holilday”. I can see why, it was CHOCKERS with people! Specifically Chinese tourists travelling from other provinces in China. It meant that the city streets were pretty horrific… loads of people, spitting and shoving. Thankfully, it was only the street area, the other areas in the city were much better *whew*…
Snoozing with my beloved Peter Alexander silky sleep mask
The chaos of Tunxi city, where we gobbled down KFC for lunch (it was insanity in there)
Strawberry, Yoghurt, Kiwi, Blueberry flavoured chips??!!
Our awesome hotel room. It was spankin’ new and so lovely inside!
Pretty lamp
Bathroom with lots of amenities
I’d organised a private tour with van and English-speaking tour guide for us for the duration of the holiday. In retrospect, it was completely worth the price. We probably wouldn’t have survived without our awesome guide, or at the very least would’ve been stressed/confused out of our minds. I’ve realised now that it’s totally worth the extra $$ to get a private tour, because it also gives you the flexibility of choosing what/when you want to do. Cannot stand those big tour groups because 1) I find them noisy and tacky, and 2) they drag you around ’til you’re half dead.
We went to the cultural museum n the City, which was pretty interesting. Lots of unique pieces of their history and lovely things to look at. Best of all was the gorgeous weather that we were blessed with during the whole holiday. It was sunny and warm and all-round perfect! I’d actually brought jeans and long-sleeved tops and jackets, so was quite unprepared for the warm weather 😉
Walking around the city of Tunxi. The weather was fantastic 🙂
Ladies washing clothes… in the river?!
At the Tunxi cultural museum
Wandering around the museum grounds
Pagoda-style building
A really intricate 3D wood carving
Divine jade pieces
Ceramics
A model of one of the villages in the area
Chinese artists paint INSIDE these glass ornaments. They’re gorgeous!
Tempted to buy one 😛
Chris was eyeing this one – I LOVED it
So did you get any of those glass pieces??
Noo in the end we didn’t. Too bulky and delicate for when we end up moving out of China!
How long will you be in China you think??
So did you get any of those glass pieces??
Noo in the end we didn’t. Too bulky and delicate for when we end up moving out of China!
How long will you be in China you think??
You’re too cute Bev! lol yogurt chips sound kind of interestingly weird haha. Going to write you an email 🙂
I wanted to try all.. but maybe only a little handful of each, so didn’t wanna b uy the big bags!
You’re too cute Bev! lol yogurt chips sound kind of interestingly weird haha. Going to write you an email 🙂
I wanted to try all.. but maybe only a little handful of each, so didn’t wanna b uy the big bags!
Those chips look intriguing. Did you buy them? If so, how were they?
Heh nah, I was worried I wouldn’t like the flavour and get stuck with the whole bag of em
Those chips look intriguing. Did you buy them? If so, how were they?
Heh nah, I was worried I wouldn’t like the flavour and get stuck with the whole bag of em
so, random question. these bathrooms with windows to the main room.. do they have blinds? it’s so intrusive!
Yep, you can roll down the blinds of course. All the 5 star/luxury hotels seem to have a fetish for this kinda bathroom now, every one I’ve been at has it!
yeah i assumed they did but i never see the blinds in your photos. i’d hate for someone to see me on the toilet.
This looks like SO MUCH FUN! There’s a reason they tell you to avoid touring during May holiday, haha…
Oh, and about those chips: I used to eat cucumber flavoured ones! They were surprisingly good; I haven’t tried the kiwi or blueberry, though!
🙁 Holiday’s over, back to the grind! Hope you’re enjoying the (ahem) awesomely rainy weather we’re having today! 😀
Wei-Wei
Oooh do they really taste like cucumber? I really only like the ‘standard’ flavours, I’m boring 😉
Man I’m glad I was in the office all day today. AT least it’s warm now.. YAY
so, random question. these bathrooms with windows to the main room.. do they have blinds? it’s so intrusive!
Yep, you can roll down the blinds of course. All the 5 star/luxury hotels seem to have a fetish for this kinda bathroom now, every one I’ve been at has it!
yeah i assumed they did but i never see the blinds in your photos. i’d hate for someone to see me on the toilet.
This looks like SO MUCH FUN! There’s a reason they tell you to avoid touring during May holiday, haha…
Oh, and about those chips: I used to eat cucumber flavoured ones! They were surprisingly good; I haven’t tried the kiwi or blueberry, though!
🙁 Holiday’s over, back to the grind! Hope you’re enjoying the (ahem) awesomely rainy weather we’re having today! 😀
Wei-Wei
Oooh do they really taste like cucumber? I really only like the ‘standard’ flavours, I’m boring 😉
Man I’m glad I was in the office all day today. AT least it’s warm now.. YAY