yuntai mountain day 2

We are tired… we had to wake up this morning at 3am to head to breakfast by 4, and be at the mountain by 6 so that we could avoid some of the crowds and then get back to Heze at a reasonable hour. The area we hit up today was much less crowded than yesterday. We did drive by the area we were at and the lines were already standstill… at 6 am! Could not believe it.

We had a good day of hiking, seeing the views, waterfalls, and the like. The thing with these asian tours is that they take you to the tourist sites that you signed up for, but then they also bring you to these shopping areas that sell you items locally made in that region. The bus and tour guides probably get some commission from the group going and buying things. One of the shops we visited was a kitchen knife store. They sat us down in a room and did a live infomercial on their knives. I guess that late night home shopping network tv channel does exist in China… live… brought to you in person.

After all that, we headed back on our 4 hour bus ride back to heze… then a slow but delicious dinner at some western style establishment that my parents frequent… then back to their apt to pack up for my journey to shanghai then home to the states.