Zhangjiajie, Hunan, Lijiang River, Guilin, Longji Terrace, Travel Notes

August 1, 2009: It was finally decided to travel to the mainland alone and choose Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang Ancient City in Hunan Province. On the morning of August 1, tickets from Taichung to Kinmen, tickets from Kinmen to Xiamen, and tickets from Xiamen to Changsha were booked in less than two hours. In the afternoon, I went to the streets to buy some travel necessities.

8/2: I started from home at 5 o'clock and drove to Taichung Airport. The car was parked in the airport parking lot. I took the 7 o'clock Taichung → Kinmen Uni Air flight. When I arrived at Kinmen, I immediately took a shuttle bus to the terminal. The ticket travel agency had booked it, so I successfully boarded the boat to Xiamen Wutong Terminal. After disembarking, I found the travel agency, got the ticket for Xiamen → Changsha, and took the medium bus to Xiamen Airport. Since it was 13:20, I wandered around the airport for more than an hour. I had lunch at the airport restaurant. The computer in the restaurant also had wireless Internet access. I didn't expect that I would wait until the time was up before boarding the plane. The only difference between the security check at mainland airports was that water and lighters were not allowed to be brought on the plane. As a result, I had no water to drink when I was waiting. I wanted to smoke but I didn't have a lighter. Fortunately, there was a smoking area that provided lighting equipment. The plane took off on time and arrived at Changsha Airport was already past 15 o'clock. After getting off the plane, I was busy asking about the bus heading to the bus station. This might be the habit of local people. I was not very willing to answer people's inquiries, so I just pointed my hand, which caused me to take the wrong bus and took the bus heading for the Civil Aviation Station. After getting off the bus, there were a lot of scalpers soliciting passengers. I remembered that I had to take the passenger bus, otherwise I really didn't dare to take the bus indiscriminately. I met a kind taxi in front of the Civil Aviation Station and charged by the meter. The driver kindly took me to the West Long-distance Bus Station. He got off the bus and helped me take my luggage to the station. He asked for directions, bought a ticket and got on there. This is my trip to mainland China and I met a really caring person. Thank you! Getting on the long-distance bus was really not easy to sit on. The seats were small, unlike the Taiwanese bus that only had three rows of seats and had first-class seats. On the bus, I met a family tour group from Changsha to Zhangjiajie and wanted to chat with them. However, seeing their indifferent attitude and indifferent appearance, I had to give up, thinking that this is how the Chinese nation treats people? I arrived in Zhangjiajie City at about 21:30. After getting off the bus, I contacted the tour guide and arranged my accommodation. I stayed at Jiaoyuan Hotel. I finally arrived in Zhangjiajie from Taiwan on the first day.

8/3: I got up at 7 a.m., packed my luggage at the temporary delivery counter, went out to have breakfast and ate porridge at a nearby market. At 8 o'clock, tour guide Wu came to the hotel to pick us up. Accompanying him were Mr. and Mrs. Zhou from Shandong Province. They briefly introduced themselves and started our three-day trip to Zhangjiajie. Director Wu took us to take a medium-sized bus to Zhangjiajie. On the bus, the waiter came to collect the fare. I was very puzzled, why we didn't have to buy tickets and collect cash directly? This kind of situation is not seen in Taiwan. In Taiwan, you have to buy tickets in advance, or bring your own change and put it in a sealed cash box. When you see mainland traffic along the road, the car will not let people, and the person will not let cars. The driver uses the horn as a stereo along the way, as if honking the horn for fun. I drove all day in Taiwan, and if I was lucky, I couldn't hear a horn sound. I finally arrived at the Tianzi Mountain ticket purchase office and bought the tickets. The tickets could be used to visit the scenic area for several days. They had to check their fingerprints. Director Wu told me not to drop the tickets. If they dropped and encountered ticket inspection, they would have to replace them? "I thought that since there is a fingerprint archive, the ticket inspector must bring a handheld computer. As long as he presses the fingerprint, he can connect to the ticket purchasing office and find out whether there is a ticket purchase. The information needs to be strengthened." Sitting on the so-called scenic spot environmentally friendly vehicles, our concept that environmentally friendly vehicles must be powered by electricity, and only those that do not create pollution are called environmentally friendly vehicles. But knowing that all of them are still powered by diesel, I am really confused. The next is the nightmare of riding an environmentally friendly car for three days. I strongly suggest that although the driver is skilled and familiar with the road conditions, what you are carrying in your car is tourists, not goods, but a group of tourists from other places. They cannot adapt to the sharp turns on Gaoshanwan Road. Some tourists are vomiting with their stomachs after getting off the bus. How can I feel?"If this situation is in Taiwan, tourists have the right to ask for a change of driver or refuse to take a ride, and they will even ask the responsible unit of the scenic area. Make reasonable disposal." Arriving at the hotel, we packed our luggage and were ready to eat Chinese food. We didn't dare to ask too much at the hotel on the mountain. We just needed to be clean and able to sleep. We could also take a nap while traveling and gather our spirits to prepare for the afternoon trip. In the afternoon, we visited the Daguan Terrace and the Tianzi seat. The scenery was really beautiful. We walked on our feet the whole way. Unfortunately, the weather was bad and the photos taken by the digital monocular camera were all foggy. We met four little girls from Guangxi Province at the Tianzi scenic spot. We returned to the hotel for dinner in the evening. I can only say that I just want to eat my stomach when traveling. Don't ask too much. I was invited by little girls from Guangxi to chat at the hotel where they stayed.

8/4: Maybe it was too quiet at night in the mountainous area, and I woke up at four o'clock in the morning and couldn't sleep. I had to sort out the photos and save the photos on the computer. I had porridge with steamed buns for breakfast. In the morning, I swam to Taiwan and Helong Park. In Helong Park, there is a temple "Tianzi Pavilion" that is a deceiving temple. In the future, netizens should pay attention. We have to pay homage to the shrine. We didn't expect that when those monks brought incense to you, it would also be the beginning of a series of nightmares. We also have many temples in Taiwan, but all of them are free to pay homage and donate freely. It's like a mainland temple pulling you away with some harsh words and asking you to contribute much money. Aren't you afraid of God's punishment? My sister from Guangxi, who was in the same industry, also suffered the same experience. After an afternoon tour, you can reach the sky in one step. The sky corridors and the scenery are all beautiful. These scenic spots are also places that tour groups cannot reach. It is also time for the old man to exercise. After dinner, he chatted with his sister, Mr. Zhou, about everyone's life style. This is the fun of self-service travel, and you can meet friends traveling from all over the mainland.

8/5: Today was also an early morning. After packing my luggage, I started the last day of travel. After storing my luggage, I visited Wulong Village in the morning and walked through the mountains and the trails. In order to see the beautiful scenery, I walked sweaty every day, but it was worth it, especially the beautiful scenery of Tianbo Prefecture. It was really unforgettable. While traveling, I contacted the itinerary for the next few days. I wanted to visit the Ancient City of Fenghuang with my companions, or go to Guilin to meet friends. Finally, I got in touch with my friends and decided to go to Guilin in the evening. Please help me book a ticket. There are no suitable flights from Zhangjiajie to Guilin. I have to transfer by train, and there is no suitable shuttle bus. Fortunately, long-distance buses are now available. At 7: The long-distance bus departed from Guilin at 7 a.m. and settled the rest of the trip. I had peace of mind to travel in the afternoon. I was not so lucky in the afternoon. I met a large number of tour groups, so I had to hurriedly swim the Tiansuo Bridge, Weizai, the world's number one bridge. Tourist attractions can only be described as a vegetable market. Especially when I met my mainland compatriots who were not in order, I felt a lot. I asked my companions to quickly go down the mountain and arrived at Jinbian River. The scenery along the river was charming. Unfortunately, pedestrians walked on the right. It happened to occupy the road on the right side, causing tourists who went down the mountain to escape to the dirt road at the edge of the mountain."On the way to the Jinbian River, there was a natural cold spring. Director Wu said that he could drink raw, but there was no water to drink, so he went to queue up to get water. Unexpectedly, we followed the queue. There was a gap next to them. Those mainland compatriots did not care whether they wanted to queue up or not, but they just squeezed in. What was even more ridiculous was that a child was a primary school student and I was filling water. The child forcibly squeezed my water bottle away, and his parents were still beside him. I said rudely, do you understand how polite the child is?" Walking to the gate of Zhangjiajie, I took many photos, which was a commemoration of the end of my three-day trip to Zhangjiajie. Summary! The scenery is indeed beautiful, but the quality of tourism needs to be strengthened. Taking the long-distance bus to Guilin at night can only be said to be extremely tiring. It is neither lying down nor lying down, let alone wanting to sleep, and it takes twelve hours.(Taiwan calls it a tour bus, and long-distance bus takes about five to six hours. Now they all use first-class aircraft seats and three rows of seats.)