Fanciful Fenghuang

Trip Start Jul 17, 2011

Trip End Sep 09, 2011

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Romantic Business Hotel

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Wandering around the old town and souvenir shopping

Flag of China Fenghuang, Hunan, China
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A four hour bus drive south from Zhangjiajie lies the old town of Feng Huang, a short distance from the new town of Feng Huang. During the bus ride there, we were awed by the Hunan countryside's spectacular beauty, at times reminiscent of the Verdon region in France.

The old town of Fenghuang appears almost unreal, in the sense that it doesn't seem real: parts of it have clearly been built quite recently. Nevertheless, it has a certain charm and attracts massive numbers of Chinese tourists. We wandered around the old town for about a day. It isn't very big and most of it consists of souvenir shops, basically all selling the same stuff. A fine aspect of local life turned out to be the river food.

Bus from Zhangjiajie to Fenghuang: �65

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Feng Huang by night	Feng Huang nights	Feng Huang Old Town	Feng Huang City Wall
Feng Huang souvenir: rice wine	Feng Huang souvenir: skull bones	Feng Huang souvenir: knitwork	Feng Huang costume drama
Feng Huang costume drama 2	Feng Huang family temple	Feng Huang river food 1	Feng Huang river food 2
Feng Huang river food 3	Chicken from the river	Hotpot! Yummy! Comments!