After extensive deliberation the previous night, we
perfectly executed an ambitious day of adventures. We began bright and early at
6:15 to get breakfast and grab a bus to Yellow Dragon Caves (about 30 minutes
away from our hostel in Wulingyuou). We were the second group into the caves
because we arrived so fantastically early and we stepped our pace up so we
ended up having these amazing caves to ourselves. After many stairs (a new extremely
regular occurrence in china) we were actually ferried on a small boat tour
inside the caves. The caves and the surrounding park entrance were some of the
nicest and best maintained areas we’ve seen. We were all impressed by the
natural beauty all around.
The next step in our plan had us return to our hostel,
collect our bags and check out. Then we caught a series of buses that took us
from our hostel to Zhang Jia Jie to the city of Zhang Jia Jie then on to
Changsha. With all of our scheduling coming together ideally, we grabbed dinner
in the Changsha airport and caught our mildly delayed flight to Beijing.
Upon arrival in Beijing, we took cabs to our hostel, a few
kilometers from the Forbidden City. Once there, we checked into our rooms, took
a few showers and planned our next few days in Beijing. Finally, some much
needed sleep around 1:30 AM at the end of the longest day of our trip.
-Keith
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