We arrived at Changsha late at night after flying direct from Sydney to Shenzen and then catching the fast train that evening to Changsha. Stayed at the Changsha Orange Fruit Hotel.

Next day we were to travel to Zhangjiajie, but took a couple of hours to visit the Hunan Museum.
Artefacts excavated from the Ma Wang Dui tomb are housed here, including the legendary cadaver of Madam Xin Zhui, preserved from the West Han period (almost 2000 years ago).



Exhibition of Treasures from Afghanistan





Later that afternoon, after our trip to the Hunan Museum, we flew to Zhangjiajie to spend 4 days exploring the Wulingyuan Forest Park.