Hunan Travel Reviews

Ms. Smith was a nurse, superintendent of nurses and nursing educator with Yale-China Association (Yale in China) Hsiang-Ya Hospital and Nursing School from 1921-1927. In her letters home she frequently mentions hikes to and picnics on the summit of Mt. Yuelu, which she knew as Yolo-san. One her ... Details

Oh no, it's holiday season again.
So where shall I go...first Beijing and...HengShan!!!...well, first it's Beijing West Station, a shuttle bus from the road to the right of Beijing Main Station only costs 5 RMB and is much less hassle than finding room for a backpack on the crowded public buses and ... Details

The waters of Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in all of China, have seen a lot of history. Hunanese culture developed on its shores, and Hunan's stereotypical lava-hot cuisine arose to inflict itself on the animals and fish in and around the lake area in the concoction of ten thousand ... Details

We visited Zhangjiajie in September, and it wasn't very crowded with travelers. The mountain scenery is stunning, with many viewpoints. With our guide, we saw numerous peaks of varying shapes, some resembling upright pens, old men, lions ... as well as the floating Hallelujah Mountain from the ... Details

Hunan has been inhabited for thousands of years, and in each Hunanese city can be found the remnants of ages gone. Jishou University, where I was staying in Jishou City in Hunan's mountainous West, is just a little way out of the city centre, and is built on relatively undeveloped farmland; in fact, ... Details