måndag 20 december 2010

Wushu mountains and Little Three Gorges area

Yesterday I came home to Chongqing from trip to Wushu mountains and Little Three Gorges area. This area is located in north east part of Chongqing province.

After about six hours drive through countryside we arrived to Wanzhou city where we spent our first night in a hotel. Next morning we continued driving to Wuxi old town and Wushan along mountain roads. Interesting places on the way ... misty mountains, old and new architecture, street life in towns and villages, coffins placed high up on steep mountain slopes, green rivers, coal fields, salt water running out from cliffs, orange fields and many more bright colored oranges to be sold along the road. The color of oranges was like a shining sun, accent color in otherwise greyish and brownish landscape.

On sunday morning we travelled with a small boat along Daning river. It was really cold but it was so beautiful views that I forgot that I was freezing. It was really amazing, adventurous boat trip. The boat was ice cold, worn and with cracked glass panes. Now and then the boat crashed with stones and 'raised the value of the adventure'. Travellers in the boat was our small group of foreigners, some Chinese tourists and some local people travelling from one place to another with the boat.

Some Chinese people say that if you have visited Huanshan = Yellow mountains in Anhui province, you will not have desire to see other mountains any more. Well, I have seen Huanshan and still can be impressed by Wushan mountains.

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