Just came back from an one week trip to China with my grandmother and I'm right at K.L's home now. Physically in Malaysia but mentally I'm still at China! I gained lots of knowledge travelling with bunch of old folks fyi I was the youngest in our group. Went to 3 places in Hunan Province (Zhang Jie Jie, Phoenix Town and Chang Sha). According the locals, it is said that Hunan is always rain. Out of 360 days the place rain for 200 days. That is not a good sign for tourists like us -_- Other than this, distance in between the places that we visited was far thus we wasted loads of time sitting in the bus. I guess that it is travelling with tour group and especially to China ;) Here is some info of where is Zhang Jia Jie:
Zhang Jia Jie (湖南张家界国家森林公园), the most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar-like formations that are seen throughout the park. They are the result of many years of erosion. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. Much of the erosion which forms these pillars are the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings. One of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 3,544-foot Southern Sky Column, had been officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" (阿凡达-哈利路亚山) in honor of the eponymous film in January 2010.
According to park officials, photographs from Zhang Jia Jie inspired the floating Hallelujah Mountains seen in the film. The film's director and production designers said that they drew inspiration for the floating rocks from mountains from around the world, including those in the Hunan province. (Wikipedia)
p/s: hope to visit big city in China like Beijing and Shanghai in near future!
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