Comments on: Tai Shan: A Sacred Climb http://matadortrips.com/tai-shan-a-sacred-climb/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hannah http://matadortrips.com/tai-shan-a-sacred-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-4238 Hannah Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:03:53 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=214#comment-4238 Yeah I thought the people were helpful when you needed it rather than openly friendly. I'd consider the Burmese and Nepalese to be the most genuinely friendly people around. The Chinese men seemed quite intimidated by Western women and I always felt 100% safe being the only female with 3 other Chinese men in a sleeper compartment on a train, which would not be the case in a lot of other countries. Yeah I thought the people were helpful when you needed it rather than openly friendly. I’d consider the Burmese and Nepalese to be the most genuinely friendly people around. The Chinese men seemed quite intimidated by Western women and I always felt 100% safe being the only female with 3 other Chinese men in a sleeper compartment on a train, which would not be the case in a lot of other countries.

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]]> By: Carlo Alcos http://matadortrips.com/tai-shan-a-sacred-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-4237 Carlo Alcos Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:52:14 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=214#comment-4237 Wow, great story, thanks for sharing! I just read a comment in another article from someone talking about the friendliness of the Chinese, and I've also experienced it myself. China has been one of my favourite countries to travel in. Wow, great story, thanks for sharing! I just read a comment in another article from someone talking about the friendliness of the Chinese, and I’ve also experienced it myself. China has been one of my favourite countries to travel in.

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]]> By: Hannah http://matadortrips.com/tai-shan-a-sacred-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-4236 Hannah Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:37:17 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=214#comment-4236 I did this when I travelled through China in 2005 alone. I left me gear in a hotel in "tai-shan", walked up the mountain in the dark, watched the sunrise and then explored a little more before walking to the chair life and hitching a ride back down. Seemed like a good idea but the bottom of the chair lift isn't where you started; there are 3 or 4 "tai shans", west, east and south all pronounced roughly the same and it took me HOURS to work out where I needed to be. Locals were trying to be helpful but the language barrier was a big issue. In the end a local put me in a police car with 3 policemen who drove me around each of the "Tai-shans" until I recognized where I was (it was the last one)!! Crazy! The policemen were really nice and I gave them a clip-on koala bear which they proudly hung from the rearview mirror. It was like I'd given them a gold watch! Very memorable experience, the sunrise was pretty cool too! I did this when I travelled through China in 2005 alone. I left me gear in a hotel in “tai-shan”, walked up the mountain in the dark, watched the sunrise and then explored a little more before walking to the chair life and hitching a ride back down. Seemed like a good idea but the bottom of the chair lift isn’t where you started; there are 3 or 4 “tai shans”, west, east and south all pronounced roughly the same and it took me HOURS to work out where I needed to be. Locals were trying to be helpful but the language barrier was a big issue. In the end a local put me in a police car with 3 policemen who drove me around each of the “Tai-shans” until I recognized where I was (it was the last one)!! Crazy! The policemen were really nice and I gave them a clip-on koala bear which they proudly hung from the rearview mirror. It was like I’d given them a gold watch! Very memorable experience, the sunrise was pretty cool too!

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