Jiuhuashan..

30 to 31 Jan/2009, Written by Saravana under China/Anhui/Jiuhuashan |
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"Chinese people are not religious. They don't believe in God, they just like going to the temples for fun and the experience", said a chinese guy on the train when we were talking about my plans to go to JiuHuaShan.

It can't be true, I thought. People always need to turn to a higher power for solace. They need to be comforted, need something or someone with a seemingly infinite capacity to lend a ear to their problems. I have this theory about why there are so many pet dogs everywhere in china, but i'll save it for some other time.

I was intrigued, i wanted to go to JiuHuaShan to check it out for myself. That and the fact that i could not get any return tickets to Beijing, made JiuHuaShan the next stop in my HuangShan itinerary.

Getting there was not easy though. I knew that there was a bus that goes directly from HuangShan city to JiuHuaShan but no one knew at what time it was to leave. The people i was having dinner with the previous night

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