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if you are travelling to the longmen grottoes from luoyang, go to the train station, if you are facing the train station, the bus depot to your right has a stop for bus 81. my husband and i rode bus 81 for 3 yuan all the way to the grottoes, it’s the very last stop so you can’t miss is. and the very last stop going back is the trian/bus station so no worries there either. happy traveling!

so my journey to taishan was …unforgettable. while i was living it, i HATED it , but looking back it’s a good memory just because of how crazy it was. the trek up there was intense. sooo many stairs, and soo many people. you are mobbed by crowds and vendors the entire way up. once you reach the top of what seems like a million steep slipperty steps there are hotels and restaraunts and things. i got up there at night, so we had to stay over night. the hotels were RIDICULOUSLY priced, so we rented a little one man pop up tent instead. the wind was intense and there was so much fog.we fit our party of 7 people in a little 2 man tent, haha we were freezing the whole night. you can also buy/rent big thick army jackets up there and those probably saved our lives. we probably only slept for 2 minutes the whole nght. we woke up with everyone else around 3 to get a good spot to see the sunrise, but because of the thick fog, we didn’t see a thing. really disapointing. but the experience was…unforgettable. lol. and i become really good friends with those i went with! haha.

china is for the open minded, and rather sturdy traveler! get out of your comfort zone! learn chinese! eat food from street vendors! it’s really all worth it. the people here in teh shandong province are amazingly sweet, kind, and helpful. i’ve had complete strangers help me in a amazing ways! I love china and it’s people!