Our journey started at they base of the mountain where we crowded into a bus with about 50 other sweating people and we proceeded to make our way up. The bus was nice, but no AC and every seat was full. The scenery was great. Some locals live on the mtn, so we saw their houses and even some swimmers taking advantage of the mtn lakes.
Once our bus ride came to an end, we walk for about 1/2 mile to the cable car station where we loaded up again for the ride to the top. Now mind you I a slightly afraid of heights...but I didn't want to miss anything. I prayed and convinced myself that there was very little chance that we would die. Then Susan told us that our admission ticket included "life insurance" in the case of accidental death. Very comforting!!
I am sure the mountain is absolutely magnificent on a clear sky day, but for us it was covered in a dense fog that made it a photo challenge. The best part of the place was that it was at least 20 degrees cooler at the top and we were able to enjoy the view without wiping the dripping sweat from our eyes.
We tried some local food, one was a crepe type bread with green onions inside. It was ok. The other was another type of bread, almost like a hot pocket, that had some kind of Chinese lettuce inside. It was salty and really good.
We walked around for about 3 hours, climbing stairs, taking pictures with the locals, and enjoying God blessing of beautiful sights and cool air. It was a great day!
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I am terrified of heights. I was the only one not disappointed in our group that we couldn't take the cable car because it was too windy the day we went to Mt. Taishan. We had the crepes with onions there in a tea room. I thought they were pretty good.
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