We just climbed 2 mountains in 2 days!!! Ok they are very little mountains with steps all the way up but still sounds good we reckon :D
The first was Qingcheng Shan which we climbed the first day then spent the night in the Taoist Temple complex near the summit, then the second day we walked back down, caught a taxi to Qingcheng Houshan, then (when we eventually found the path) climbed about 4/5 of the way before we caught a cable car for the last bit, then caught a different cable car for 1/2 the journey back down. This was officially so we didn't miss the bus back that night - but unofficially we were just sick of climbing slippery stairs in tropical humidity! :P
Anyway we had fun - i only slipped over once and then only slid down a few steps (apparently only once is really good!) and of course Vera didn't slip at all :) Also had 2 short boat trips where the path runs into a lake and Ve is now in about a billion Chinese tourists' holiday photos! Had i only started charging 1 yuan per photo from the start we could have been rich! ;(
Finally returned to hostel in Chengdu that night (3 buses later) and thoroughly enjoyed our 'Liao's Bon Bon Chicken' for dinner (we got half a chicken cos it was the only thing we recognised and we were too hungry to be adventurous - though i confess neither of us wanted the half a head including tongue that was attached ... )
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