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At 12:30pm we had lunch at the Chinese restaurant on the first floor in...
At 12:30pm we had lunch at the Chinese restaurant on the first floor in Beihai Hotel. After lunch, we took a 2-hour break. At 3:00pm we started from Beihai Hotel for our afternoon walking tour of the views in the North Sea.
The Down Pavilion was our first sight in the afternoon sightseeing. The steps leading to the pavilion is a little steep, but it isn’t hard to climb up if you keep your slow pace.
The peak is 1625 in altitude. From this peak, you can also see and admire the granite forest peaks in Huangshan Mountain.
If you get up early in the morning and walk up to the outlook at Dawn Pavilion , you are able to see the magnificent views of the sunrise glow over the Beginning to Believe Peak at the distance.
We just continued to walk from Dawn Peak, soon we met the Refreshing Terrace, a perfect platform to overlook the granite peaks and the sea of cloud.
The rocks consist of fine granular porphyritic granite. The rock platform overhangs the cliffs
Next to Refreshing Terrace is the peak called “Stone Monkey Gazing over the Sea of Clouds”. But the short hike from Refreshing Terrace was a little tiring with steep steps.
The time for today’s sunset was 5:50pm. I stood on the peak of where I saw Monkey Gazing over the sea of clouds waiting for the sunset.
This is a nice, but not the best point to see the sunset in Mountain Huangshan. Later I found the sunset view was beautiful, though not so exciting as expected.
The sunset finds us walking back to Beihai Hotel on Yellow Mountain. After simple washing and cleaning, we gather at the restaurant in the hotel, sitting around two tables for Chinese dinner.
That ends our first day on Mountain Huangshan.
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