My goal of coming to this province was to see Zhijin Cave, which is one of the biggest caves in China. I got some information that there was a bus leaving at 7AM from the bus station. I woke up at 6AM, walked 30 minutes to the station and found out there was no bus. I got pointed to where there may be a bus, but it was too late. I also had the option of taking a non-tour bus to the nearby city, but I wasn’t sure I could make it back at this point.<\/p>\n
I decided to do Plan B, which was to see a different cave near the city of Anshun. So I got on a bus, got to Anshun, walked to a second bus station, took a minibus the rest of the way to the Longgong Caves. I passed a black river that smelled like sewage on the way.<\/p>\n
Once arriving, I found myself inside the ticketed area of the park. Actually I didn’t know for sure until I went out the exit, bought a ticket, turned around and entered again. There was a nice waterfall at a cave entrance. There the local TV channel interviewed me on camera with 3 or 4 questions with the waterfall in the background. I was interviewed because I was a foreigner in China.<\/p>\n
I walked around to the upper side of the waterfall and then got in a boat (needed my ticket for this) for a trip through some of the caves. Got out, and in another boat for more. Then walked more and entered a huge cave. I was surprised I was the only person in the cave! I think most people just come to see the waterfall at the entrance and leave. Then I exited this cave, passed a couple of caves with no lights or path. If I had a flashlight and more time I think I’d explore some more since there were no signs warning not to. Then I walked outside more and through another cave, and outside again, and walked through a Buddhist temple inside a cave, and out for the last time. Then I could either walk through all the caves again or walk along a road at least 3km to the main road to catch a minibus. I did the road walk.<\/p>\n
Then it was back to Anshun and all the way back to Guiyang. On the bus I felt one of my hairs being plucked out of my head. I think the person behind me wanted a blonde hair sample, since he probably has never been this close to it before!<\/p>\n
One other thing shocked me here. At the hotel I’m staying at, they have a 20Mbit Internet connection. Although this isn’t your standard ADSL hookup, it was in a big hotel, it was the first time I’ve seen such crazy speeds outside of Japan and Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My goal of coming to this province was to see Zhijin Cave, which is one of the biggest caves in China. I got some information that there was a bus leaving at 7AM from the bus station. I woke up at 6AM, walked 30 minutes to the station and found out there was no bus. … <\/p>\n