The Chinese blogosphere is abuzz with news about the impending National Day holiday, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Last week, central Beijing closed down for rehearsals of the parade that will take place at Tiananmen Square. Chinese news agencies reported that the military would be celebrating the [...]
Filed under: Life in China, Travel in China by Jess on September 7th, 2009 | Tags: Beijing, Dehang, Golden Week, holidays, Langmusi, October 1, off the beaten path, Wenhai Ecolodge
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As mentioned below, I spent part of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in Dehang (德夯), in western Hunan Province. This beautiful village is located approximately 550 km west of Changsha, near the border with Guizhou and Chongqing. To get there, I took an eight-hour overnight train to Jishou, the gateway city to Dehang and many [...]
Filed under: Travel in China by Jess on May 31st, 2009 | Tags: Dehang, hiking, Hunan Province, off the beaten path
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