A glimpse at rural china
Even though China is known for its big cities and famous sites, there are many sides to China that are still rural, and one of those places is up in the mountains about 7 hours drive from Shanghai.
While there are many ancient towns in Shanghai that are overrun with tourists, there is one that was calm and serene. The name of this place is called Nianbadu. Taking a couple hours to walk through the town and see all of the different temples and mini museums reaffirmed to me that this is the China that I want to see.
The streets were lined with people selling traditional food and sweets (seems to be a thing here in China with food everywhere). As I do not speak Chinese, it was fun trying to communicate with people to buy stuff, but eventually I was able to make my purchases and get some good pics in of the streets.
The next day was a hike in a small mountain, but with a torrential rain storm, I decided to stay back at the guesthouse and relax as I did not want to get my camera gear wet.
The next day we headed to the great Jianglang Mountain. The hike was moderate up top with some very big drops and when we finally reached the top, the cloud cover was so bad you could not see the surrounding countryside or area, but it was nice to be in nature again…maybe next time…..
