From Huangshan, we headed to a place called Zhangjiajie City where we decided to first visit the local site, Tianmen Mountain. What's impressive here is that the gondola actually starts inside the city and goes all the way to the top of the mountain. Tourist publications claim that it's the longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world (about 7.5km in length and 1.3km in elevation gain).
Once at the top, you can enjoy a nice walk along the mountain cliffs. There are literally kilometres of paths atop the mountain, and most of the ones we did were along the side of a cliff.
And a walk on the glass-floor walkway… not too scary.
We stopped at a small booth that sold red cloths that you can write stuff on (we're guessing people typically write wishes), and tie it to a tree. We decided to participate and add our mark.
You can also visit some nice temples at the top
The other attraction on this mountain is the Gate to Heaven. 999 stairs up to reach a giant natural hole in the mountain (or closer to 890 stairs from our count). For those who are familiar with the GoPro camera, there is a famous video of a base jumper flying through this hole…it's worth googling… we'll add a link here later (ie. once we have access to YouTube again).
Of course, we can't end our post without some pictures of us goofing around! :)
