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Part one, from Wuhan to Enshi (by high speed train)
Part two, Enshi Grand Canyon
Part three, Chongqing! Chongqing! (3-dimensional transport)


The final part
Part four, Tenglong Cave (soaring dragon cave)
On way back to Wuhan from Chongqing, I decided to visit China's biggest cave in Lichuan City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Prefecture.

Early morning of a metro station in Chongqing
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8am at Chongqing North Railway Station
only one third of the waiting room is in use
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Train G308, Chengdu East - Beijing West
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G50 expressway again
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Karst landform
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Although located in Hubei, Lichuan City is only 2 hours by HSR from Chongqing, strongly influenced by culture and economy of Chongqing.
Lichuan Railway Station
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There is a direct shuttle bus from Lichuan Railway Station to Tenglong Cave 8km from downtown Lichuan. (5 yuan, every 30 minutes)

Tenglong Cave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenglong Cave (Chinese: 腾龙洞; literally: "soaring dragon cave") is believed to be the longest monomer karst cave system in the world. The cave entrance is 74 m (243 ft) and 64 m (210 ft) wide, leading to 59.8 km (37.2 mi) of passageways. An underground network of streams runs for 16.8 km (10.4 mi) whilst the cave is the source of the Qingjiang River. Year round temperatures underground remain in the 16–18 degrees Celsius range.

It has basically two grand caves, one is wet cave(the underground Qingjiang River), the other is the grand dry cave.
The entrance of wet cave is a waterfall of Qingjiang River which is a tributary of Yangtze River.
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Qing River
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There is a walking path and a tourist minibus road(10yuan) in the grand dry cave, i.e. Tenglong Cave.
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Today's railway English is really weird...
Why will a train change the terminal station?o_O
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Maybe because of the anti-corruption campaign, now a lot of high-end restaurants offer extremely cheap coupons and set meals. And because of fierce competition of different APPs in China, we can enjoy luxury in a vey reasonable price with huge discounts. It's very easy to order 4/5 star hotel with less than $40 and have dinner in a palace-like restaurant with less than $10 per person.

Brother a number of high end expensive restaurants have actually closed in Beijing, in which my friend was kind enough to take me there.This is because the price of Maotai has decreased by 40%, due to the government banning and putting restrictions on civil servants for spending money on entertaining guest. This policy is very good as a number of officials were prone to use the red card claiming it for business purposes and thus the company use to pay for it. I am glad that policy makers have actually clamped down on corrupt people, because everyone should be equal. The same should be applied in Pakistan.
 
Brother a number of high end expensive restaurants have actually closed in Beijing, in which my friend was kind enough to take me there.This is because the price of Maotai has decreased by 40%, due to the government banning and putting restrictions on civil servants for spending money on entertaining guest. This policy is very good as a number of officials were prone to use the red card claiming it for business purposes and thus the company use to pay for it. I am glad that policy makers have actually clamped down on corrupt people, because everyone should be equal. The same should be applied in Pakistan.
High end restaurants have to shift their consumer group orientation. I have once tasted the highest rank of Maotai. Frankly speaking, the bottle itself seems much pricier than the water inside... A lot of hotels which are affiliated to SOEs and public institutions have to find customers themselves. I once spent only 190yuan for a standard room in a luxurious hotel affiliated to Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. It will harm the economy in the short run but there are more opportunities among ordinary customers.
 
6月1日,沈阳至丹东高速铁路全线开始联调联试,沈丹高铁开通运营进入倒计时
Shenyang-Dandong HSR starts final trial on 1 June
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沈丹高铁于2010年5月1日正式开工建设,全线建设里程205.7公里,为双线电气化无砟轨道,线路起自沈阳南站,途经本溪新城、本溪、南芬北、通远堡西、凤城东、五龙背东,止于丹东站。全线共有双线桥梁82座,新建隧道58座,设计运行时速为每小时250公里。

据沈阳铁路局相关部门介绍,联调联试是以沈丹高铁达到设计速度为目标,采用相关检测设备,评价供电、接触网、通信、信号等系统的性能,验证路基、轨道、桥梁、隧道等结构工程的适用性,评价电磁环境、振动噪声等方面是否满足相关标准的要求,为沈丹高铁顺利开通提供科学依据。

沈丹高铁是东北铁路网的重要组成部分,正式开通运营后,将与哈大高铁、盘营高铁、京哈铁路秦沈段实现互联互通。届时,沈阳至丹东列车运行时间将由过去最长的5小时48分,缩短至1小时左右,更加方便市民出行。

Shenyang-Dandong HSR started construction on 1 May 2010. The 205.7km unballasted railway from Shenyang South to Dandong has a designed speed of 250km/h, stopping at 6 intermediate stations, Benxi New City, Benxi, Nanfen North, Tongyuanbao West, Fengcheng East and Wulongbei East.

Shenyang-Dandong HSR is an important line of Northeast China railway network. It will connect to Harbin-Dalian HSR, Panying HSR, Beijng-Harbin HSR. The traveling time will be cut from 5 hours to only 1 hour.

NE China HSR Network
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@Rasengan Finally, China-NK border!
 
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6月1日,沈阳至丹东高速铁路全线开始联调联试,沈丹高铁开通运营进入倒计时
Shenyang-Dandong HSR starts final trial on 1 June
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沈丹高铁于2010年5月1日正式开工建设,全线建设里程205.7公里,为双线电气化无砟轨道,线路起自沈阳南站,途经本溪新城、本溪、南芬北、通远堡西、凤城东、五龙背东,止于丹东站。全线共有双线桥梁82座,新建隧道58座,设计运行时速为每小时250公里。

据沈阳铁路局相关部门介绍,联调联试是以沈丹高铁达到设计速度为目标,采用相关检测设备,评价供电、接触网、通信、信号等系统的性能,验证路基、轨道、桥梁、隧道等结构工程的适用性,评价电磁环境、振动噪声等方面是否满足相关标准的要求,为沈丹高铁顺利开通提供科学依据。

沈丹高铁是东北铁路网的重要组成部分,正式开通运营后,将与哈大高铁、盘营高铁、京哈铁路秦沈段实现互联互通。届时,沈阳至丹东列车运行时间将由过去最长的5小时48分,缩短至1小时左右,更加方便市民出行。

Shenyang-Dandong HSR started construction on 1 May 2010. The 205.7km unballasted railway from Shenyang South to Dandong has a designed speed of 250km/h, stopping at 6 intermediate stations, Benxi New City, Benxi, Nanfen North, Tongyuanbao West, Fengcheng East and Wulongbei East.

Shenyang-Dandong HSR is an important line of Northeast China railway network. It will connect to Harbin-Dalian HSR, Panying HSR, Beijng-Harbin HSR. The traveling time will be cut from 5 hours to only 1 hour.

NE China HSR Network
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@Rasengan Finally, China-NK border!

Looking forward to Dandong-Tonghua-Yanji-Mudanjiang HSR。:D
 
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