Zhangjiajie
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Esse lugar de nome complicado foi o meu destino nesse último feriado. Zhangjiajie é uma cidade que fica na província de Hunan, mais ou menos no centro da China.
Esse lugar de nome complicado foi o meu destino nesse último feriado. Zhangjiajie é uma cidade que fica na província de Hunan, mais ou menos no centro da China.
Porque ir para lá?
A região é considerada herança da UNESCO pelas suas famosas montanhas. Para vocês terem uma idéia, elas foram utilizadas como inspiração para o filme Avatar! Não é pouca coisa, haha!
No total eramos um grupo de 7 pessoas (todos da AIESEC), e começamos nossa jornada tomando o ferry (balsa) até a cidade de Guangzhou e de la tomamos o famoso Trem-Bala, que alcança até 350 km por hora! Eles são muito modernos e confortáveis, e a viagem de mais ou menos 700km foi feita rápidamente em 2 horas, que beleza! Porém, para realmente chegar a Zhangjiajie tivemos que tomar um ônibus, o que levou mais umas 3 horas...
Para este feriado, fizemos mais ou menos o mesmo esquema que quando fui pra Beijing, através de um tour, ou seja, você paga um preço e inclui todas as refeições, hotel (5 estrelas, ae!), transporte (o que seria beeem caro se a gente pagasse por conta própria) e o guia. Claro, que além de nós sete havia mais umas 15 pessoas no nosso grupo. Pode ser um pouco chato ter que estar em grupo todo o tempo, mas no geral não tivemos nenhum problema, e é com certeza a melhor maneira de viajar sem ter que planejar nada (sim, somos preguiçosos!) e definitivamente a mais barata: para a viagem de 4 dias, com tudo incluído, pagamos o equivalente a R$ 650.
Apesar das longas viagens de ônibus indo de um lugar a outro, a viagem foi muito interessante. Além de viajar com amigos, o que torna tudo muito mais divertido, foi uma grande mudança de cenário em comparação às mega-cidades que eu tive a chance de visitar recentemente.
Apesar do ambiente "natural" da viagem e da cidade em geral, ficamos impressionados com a quantidade de construções que tem por lá: casas, hotéis, etc etc. Mesmo lááá no alto das montanhas haviam guindastes ajudando na construção da infraestrutura necessária para receber cada vez mais turistas. Tenho certeza que muito em breve, Zhangjiajie vai ser uma grande atração turística na China! Mesmo como a eventualidade de dias nublados (o que muda MUITO a paisagem), as paisagens são lindas!
Colocarei as fotos no proximo post!
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This complicated-name place was my destination on the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Zhangjiajie is a “small” town located on the Hunan province, located almost in the center of China.
Why go there?
The region is on the UNESCO World Heritage list for its famous mountains. So you can have a better idea, they were also used as inspiration for the movie Avatar! Awesome!
In total we were 7 friends (all from AIESEC), and we began our journey taking the ferry to Guangzhou, and from there we took the famous speed train, that reaches up to 350 km/hour! And they are quite modern and comfortable; our trip of about 700km was made in only 2 hours, wow! But still, to finally reach Zhangjiajie we still had to take a coach, which took us another 3 hours…
For this trip, we did kind of the same plan as when we went to Beijing: through a tour, which means, you pay a fixed price for the package that includes all the meals, hotel (supposedly 5 stars), transportation (which would be much more expensive if we bought the tickets on our own) and the tour guide. Of course, there was also other 15 people in our group (random Chinese families and couples). It can be a little annoying to be in a big group all the time, but we had no incidents whatsoever, and this is definitely the best way of travelling if you don’t want to think and plan all details (yes, I’m lazy sometimes!), and also the cheapest: for the 4-day trip, with everything included, we paid around US$ 380 each.
Despite the long period travelling from one attraction to another on the coach, the trip was very interesting. Apart from travelling with good friends, what makes everything way more fun, it was a big and welcome change of scenery when compared to the mega-cities I had the chance to visit recently.
Even with the “natural/rural” environment of this trip, we were all very impressed with the huge amount of constructions going on in there: houses, hotels, etc etc. Even up there in the mountains it was possible to see cranes helping in building the entire necessary infrastructure for receiving more and more visitors. I am sure that very soon Zhangjiajie will be one of the top touristic attractions in China! Ev Tenho certeza que muito em breve, Zhangjiajie vai ser uma grande atração turística na China! Even with the cloudy days we experienced (which changes the landscapes a LOT), the views are beautiful and breathtaking!
But I’ll show you the photos on my next post!
Apesar do ambiente "natural" da viagem e da cidade em geral, ficamos impressionados com a quantidade de construções que tem por lá: casas, hotéis, etc etc. Mesmo lááá no alto das montanhas haviam guindastes ajudando na construção da infraestrutura necessária para receber cada vez mais turistas. Tenho certeza que muito em breve, Zhangjiajie vai ser uma grande atração turística na China! Mesmo como a eventualidade de dias nublados (o que muda MUITO a paisagem), as paisagens são lindas!
Colocarei as fotos no proximo post!
***
This complicated-name place was my destination on the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Zhangjiajie is a “small” town located on the Hunan province, located almost in the center of China.
Why go there?
The region is on the UNESCO World Heritage list for its famous mountains. So you can have a better idea, they were also used as inspiration for the movie Avatar! Awesome!
In total we were 7 friends (all from AIESEC), and we began our journey taking the ferry to Guangzhou, and from there we took the famous speed train, that reaches up to 350 km/hour! And they are quite modern and comfortable; our trip of about 700km was made in only 2 hours, wow! But still, to finally reach Zhangjiajie we still had to take a coach, which took us another 3 hours…
For this trip, we did kind of the same plan as when we went to Beijing: through a tour, which means, you pay a fixed price for the package that includes all the meals, hotel (supposedly 5 stars), transportation (which would be much more expensive if we bought the tickets on our own) and the tour guide. Of course, there was also other 15 people in our group (random Chinese families and couples). It can be a little annoying to be in a big group all the time, but we had no incidents whatsoever, and this is definitely the best way of travelling if you don’t want to think and plan all details (yes, I’m lazy sometimes!), and also the cheapest: for the 4-day trip, with everything included, we paid around US$ 380 each.
Despite the long period travelling from one attraction to another on the coach, the trip was very interesting. Apart from travelling with good friends, what makes everything way more fun, it was a big and welcome change of scenery when compared to the mega-cities I had the chance to visit recently.
Even with the “natural/rural” environment of this trip, we were all very impressed with the huge amount of constructions going on in there: houses, hotels, etc etc. Even up there in the mountains it was possible to see cranes helping in building the entire necessary infrastructure for receiving more and more visitors. I am sure that very soon Zhangjiajie will be one of the top touristic attractions in China! Ev Tenho certeza que muito em breve, Zhangjiajie vai ser uma grande atração turística na China! Even with the cloudy days we experienced (which changes the landscapes a LOT), the views are beautiful and breathtaking!
But I’ll show you the photos on my next post!
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