14th Apr 2006 1:40 AM
HEY GANG! LOADS TO TELL!
ahhhh where to start! well on last night of beijing we went to the night markets, i was content to eat a small inoffensive scorpian...nooo i had try one of the giant black bastards...the one that speaks to the primal instincts screaming THIS IS BAD! oooooh it took about 30 seconds to bite ttough the shell!!!! good photos though
overnight trian to Taishan was alright, only 4 people in a little cubicle saw was quite nice. got to Tai and ealy and left stuff in the locker. was cold so took out some extra layers, mountain lay ahead of us. THE STEPS! OWWW THE MANY MANY THOUSANDS OF STEPS!!!!
more steps than i have ever seen ever.. was a tough climb, went through the cloud level and on the other side the tempreture had dropped anout 30 degrees!!!! the whole area was white with frost and looked amazing (annoyingly my camera battery had just baout died so was limited in the pics i took)
pretty much straight to bed as the bed was warm (we had about 7 layers on, gloves a scarf and giant rented coats and it was stil cold!) woke up at 5 to watch the surise from the top of the mountain, sunrise was okay but view was amazing.
some interestiong scenes though, its a holy mountain with many temples, and we saw a fight break out in one at the bottom with a big queue (something ironic about a fight in a queue for a buddist temple. and people sayng prayers, burnign offereings then spitting on the floor....
took another overnight train to Xa'an (hard sleeper so nt much rest) and headed straight for the terracota army, was very cool but soo much left uncovered. going to go make some dumplings and have a shower and maybe hit the local nightlife later.
bah soo much stuff! and prob forgot loads.
oh yeah and me and paul were filmed for TV and a DVD (of what im not sure) as we reached the peak as there was a complete lack of weterners around so we are a little famous in china now
ahhhh thta was alot of crap and i have probably forgotten loads.
post again soon.
BYEEEE
xx
