We arrive the Hangzhou bus station and take a tourist bus to Huangshan. We arrive around 3:00 and pack backpacks and leave our suitcases at the hotel. We share the ride up the mountain with two Israeli sisters who were also on the bus from Hangzhou. We ascend up via Eastern cable car. We were so excited to finally be there! Typically the wait to ride the cable car is hours long, but since we got there at the end of the day - no line! We got to the top and it was quite misty and a little wet. We hiked around the summit - going to "Beginning to Believe" peak, which was all white from fog. The Israeli girls didn't have a hotel booked and they looked for accommodations. Francis and I stayed at Beihai Hotel, the only 4 star hotel on the summit. Everything in the room was clean. Considering that everything used or consumed in the hotel needed to be carried up by porters or a very expensive cable car, the hotel was pretty nice. We continued to hike more, with hopes that other areas would be more clear. No mountains - anywhere. All we saw was fog with some trees peeking through. We went to bed around 8:30 pm to wake up at 5:00 am to see the sunrise. I saw amazing pictures of the sun rising behind the mountain peaks. The sunrise was even more beautiful than the pictures! Unimaginably beautiful!!Then we visited the Scenic area in the mountain, with a guide speaking English. As we do not have many days for our China trip, we took the cable car to the foot of Huangshan Mountain, expecting the second day to the very famous ancient Xidi and Hongcun Villages.
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