The views from Yellow Mountain are stunning precisely because of the difficulty in getting up to them. Once there, you can only traverse narrow, winding paths with huge changes in elevation.
It was hilarious to see this sight of a sign telling people not to do something,
and hundreds of people doing it.
We were much more polite about it.
The thing about Huang Shan is that everything has to be carried in by hand. EVERYTHING.
That not only includes all drinks and food, but also construction materials and visitors to the hotel.
Including porters just for the visitors to the hotel's luggage.
It makes you much more aware of everything you use, and whether or not it is "recycle" or "unredeemable."
Here's an example of unredeemable.
I guess there is a tradition of tying locks on to any cable near a bridge or railing for good luck.
Speaking of ignoring the posted signs. Signs which were literally written in red paint that must have been applied less than an hour before.
Jojo brand jeans are popular in China.
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