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[quote=ELLYSE,255812]1) The West Sea Canyon is about 5 hours. Half of it is going down and the other half is going up. Basically it starts in the summit area and you descend to the bottom of the gorge before coming up again. The Western steps take another about 4-6 hours to descend, depending on whether you do Heavenly Capital Peak or not. 2) Why would you need to stay at Tunxi after arriving there from Shanghai? Are you not taking the overnight train? Or, do you mean you'll be arriving by bus via Hangzhou? The waiting time for Taiping cable car would depend on what day and time you'll be visiting Huangshan. 3) It's pretty difficult to predict weather up in the summit area. There's actually no real need to stay multiple nights in Tunxi, unless you're exploring the Hui-style villages in the vicinity. The most expensive night to stay in the summit area would be Saturday, followed by Friday, so try to stay away from those 2. Also, almost every hotel and guesthouse in the summit area (there're many more options than listed in most guidebooks -- look at http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=19&threadid=1339750&messid=11726063 for more details) have dorms with/without ensuite. These are quite a bit cheaper than private rooms (which're the only ones advertised on websites) and are a good way to save on accommodation costs. Any more queries please email me directly at ellyse99@yahoo.com and put "TravelChinaGuide" and your own username (eg KNKNKN) in the subject line so that I know who you are, thanks.[/quote]
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