Pain in the Shanghai
Finally! We have computer and internet again. Emelie is sitting beside me (Janie) now in Captain Hostel in shanghai. Since last we’ve been in Hangzhou, with Jen’s family, visted West Lake, biked on the Bai Du, seen acrobatic show in the evening, sang kareoke (Julian singing Jingle Bells and other kids songs) and we’ve shopped for lots of money. Emelie has learnt how to bargain, sort of.
Then on the 7th we took a bus to Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) at 5 in the morning, and arrive at noon. We went rafting that afternoon, was beaaautiful. Janie and Jen’s raft won over Julian and Emelie, Chinese rules!! (Em: we let them win, we had a better technique for most of the way). Next day woke up 5 again and climbed aaaall the way up 6.5 km of stairs and reached 700m . We stayed overnight in a mountain hotel high up among the misty heights. We saw monkeys too, they were friendly and did not jump on us. On the third and last day we woke up even earlier, at three!! It was all dark and foggy and very very windy. That didn’t stop us. We put on our yellow, pink and grey raincoats and headed out without flashlights (we had minor accidents, em stubbed her toe dont worry its fine, and had to borrow lights from other tourists). We reached the peak to see sunrise, but there was none. All that day we climbed around the mountain in the fog (that is the peaks are in the fog). The highest Lotus peak was 1864m and we went all the way up!! From there it was way down, and in a few hours we ran down at least 100000 steps. Our legs today are not feeling very fine. And we hate stairs.
The climbing was all yesterday, today we reached Shanghai by bus from hangzhou at noon. The hostel is GREAT! Right by the bund, and we live on the highest floor, right by the bar that has the best view of Pudong with the Pearl Tower! Now we’re gonna go get some dinner, then head for the highest bar in the world… after that we’ll see.
We all say hi to people in Sweden!! Thanks for the phone calls moms and dads. We’ll try updating tomorrow and see if we can put up some photos. Miss you all!
Tags: China '05
Janie
July 10th, 2005 at 8:57 am
Many interesting things. I will climb Huangshan sometime, cause of your attractive “report”. Tomorrow your legs may feel more painful, according to my experience.
Miss all of you too. Have fun, and take care!
July 11th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Nice hearing rom you. The mountain must be very special. Too bad you could not see the sunrise. We have sunny weather and up to 30 degrees in Sweden. Nothing compared with where you are. Have a good time and take care