The world's "most inconvenient" convenience store, no one thought existed

The scenic area in Hunan province - China has a convenience store serving climbers located at an altitude of 120m, hangin.g on a vertical cliff, called the "most inconvenient convenience store in the world".

Shiniuzhai Scenic Area in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park, Hunan Province, China, is home to a convenience store that many tourists rate as "the most inconvenient in the world". The store is a small wooden hut on the side of a vertical cliff, 120m above the ground and only has enough space for one person to sit.

Shi Niu Trai is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape, deep gorges and unique stone walls. In particular, this place also has the longest and highest glass bridge in China. This convenience store is located right on the 800-meter "via ferrata", a type of climbing route along a cliff that climbers can use to maintain balance while traversing difficult terrain.

According to Oddity Central, this convenience store is essentially a small wooden hut located on the side of a vertical cliff, 120 meters above the ground. This used to be a rest stop for tourists when climbing up the cliff. However, a few years ago, this rest stop was converted into a special convenience store, providing free water to travelers with personal water bottles, selling moon cakes, soft drinks and juices for just one price. price.

This convenience store is located right next to the climbing path. To experience the service here, customers must climb a high cliff equipped with iron handrails, rope ladders and fixed cables.

This place attracts many tourists to visit, experience, and participate in various types of adventure tourism, including mountain climbing.

The store opens from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. There is a live sales staff in case of crowds, or climbers can scan the QR code to pay for the item they want to buy.

Food and drinks at the store are brought out by staff every morning, and that is also the main job of the staff. Although the location is difficult and transporting the products takes a lot of effort, the prices here are still comparable to those at other regular stores.

Normally, it takes climbers nearly 1 and a half hours to reach the top. During the climb, they are given a free bottle of water.

However, tourists participating in climbing activities in this scenic area are often amateurs, so they also feel tired and hungry more easily than professional athletes.

On occasions such as Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, a large number of tourists flock to this mountain climbing area, and convenience stores help them replenish water. Employees often bring items to fill the store early in the morning.

A store employee said: "Even though the store doesn't make much profit, tourists are very grateful for its presence. Therefore, we all feel that our work is meaningful."

"At first we were quite scared to do this job, but you get used to it very quickly," the employee added. "The only problem is having to use the bathroom. It's tiring having to climb down to go to the bathroom and then climb back up again, so we all try not to drink too much water while working."

Mr. Song Huizhou, General Director of Shiniuzhai also added that they always put safety as a top priority. And staff also regularly conduct maintenance and check the store's condition.

This store has become a phenomenon on social media platforms and has attracted great interest from climbers and tourists. Some joke that this is "the world's most inconvenient convenience store," while others find it interesting and unique.

One tourist shared: "I don't want to bring food and water on the mountain climbing journey so as not to lose strength. So this store is very useful."

As an amateur climber, Ms. Hui, 29 years old, said she did not want to bring anything else along the way to reduce the weight of the things she needed to carry. Besides, she also gets tired easily and gets thirsty quickly on the road, so the existence of the store brings many benefits.

She added: "This store is great because you don't easily come across a store like this in your daily life. I will definitely recommend it to my friends to come climb here. It's like a challenge and also the great feeling of achieving success."

The convenience store was established in 2018 but it was not until 2022 that many tourists became aware of it after a video about it was posted on social networks, attracting more than 50 million views in a few days.

The Shiniuzhai tourist area is known for its hilly landscape, which offers breathtaking views and many exciting activities. This is also the location of a 300m long glass bridge, at a height of 180m, inaugurated in 2015. The name Shiniuzhai means stone cow village in Chinese, inspired by one of the hills shaped like a back. a cow.

This is a famous scenic tourist destination with steep cliffs, waterfalls and trails. In addition, in Hunan - China there are many other famous landscapes such as Phoenix ancient town, Vu Lang Nguyen scenic area, Truong Gia Gioi, Thien Mon Son.

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