road to the Zhangjiajie

Was there with a group of friends from Malaysia in late October 2017 after the double ten 1010 holidays so there was not much of a crowd. We took the cable car ride up the mountain. Fantastic views. The surrounding hills offered a decent enough views, with a glass floor bridge adding some excitement. One of China's master piece of engineering is buried right inside the hills, the Escalators. A series of maybe 7 escalators each maybe 100m long and at almost 45 degree incline that took us from the top of the mountain, almost 1000 ft down to the top of Stairway to Heaven which is right underneath the famous Tianmen Hole in the hill. We then walked the 999 steps down to the Tianmen Square from where we took the bus ride down the 99 hairpins road to the Zhangjiajie town below. The bus ride initially was scary because the road is downhill, it was dark and the hairpin turns were stomach churning. Until you realised that we were in safe hands, the driver was been carefully monitored from the base station, no speeding reckless driving allowed #bestislandtraveltowns#hiking#camping#naturalwonders#themeparks#nationalpark#lakes#beaches#infinitypool