China’s first world-class hiking trail mapped out in Hunan’s Xuefeng Mountains

Foreigners are still a novelty in the Xuefeng Mountains. Laden with firewood, the villagers who pass react with curiosity and amusement at the sight of luyao (“donkey friends”) wandering through this remote part of rural western Hunan province, central China. Donkey friends (independent back­packers) may become a more common sight, though, because China’s first...

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