Sunday we took a trip to Pinggu, a mountainous area north of Tianjin and east of Beijing. We travelled a beautiful road winding through many villages. Occasional mountain peaks had tall lookout pagodas perched at the top. One mountain had a giant gold Buddha seated at the top. Stone Mountain is really not very high, but the only acceptable way to climb it is straight up the stairs that are built into the mountain. Thousands of stairs (unfortunately, not an exageration). Some stairs were very narrow and steep, others were wide and shallow. You really had to watch every step as the size and steepness varied. It was a cold, windy day with occasional snow flurries on our climb! We didn't make it all the way to the top, I'm afraid. This picture was taken from our highest point. Note the path where we began in the bottom left corner.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Stone Mountain
Sunday we took a trip to Pinggu, a mountainous area north of Tianjin and east of Beijing. We travelled a beautiful road winding through many villages. Occasional mountain peaks had tall lookout pagodas perched at the top. One mountain had a giant gold Buddha seated at the top. Stone Mountain is really not very high, but the only acceptable way to climb it is straight up the stairs that are built into the mountain. Thousands of stairs (unfortunately, not an exageration). Some stairs were very narrow and steep, others were wide and shallow. You really had to watch every step as the size and steepness varied. It was a cold, windy day with occasional snow flurries on our climb! We didn't make it all the way to the top, I'm afraid. This picture was taken from our highest point. Note the path where we began in the bottom left corner.
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Hi Julie, We enjoy reading you blogs. Much of what you see and say we can relate to (to a degree) based on our life in Micronesia. Keep up the work as well as your postngs. Hope your positive experiences continue.
Fred Malefyt
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