On day 2 we woke up to rain showers and both Deanna and I remember reading about how the hike can be dangerous when it is wet and slippery. We decide to wait out the rain and order some breakfast to pass the time. Not long after breakfast the clouds have lifted and the sun beams are filtering their way to the ground.
We pack up our belongings and hit the road for the next stretch of our hike. We make it to Tina’s Guest house just before lunch and decide to stock up on vegetables and take a rest. From this checkpoint we have several options: to hike down to the Gorge and touch the water, take the upper path, or to hike along the road. We pay the 10RMB service and maintenance fee and head down towards the Gorge.
The path is a steep decent and many times we brace ourselves with the trees and strategically place chains. The path apparently took 2 years to build, as they had to chip away at some pretty steep cliffs. We finally make it to the bottom of the Gorge and area able to wash our hands in a tributary of the Yangzi River before we rest for lunch. Two more checkpoints, each 10RMB, several waterfalls and some very narrow paths are all apart of our climb back up the mountains side.
It starts to sprinkle a little bit and our groups picks up the pace a notch because we want to make it to the next guesthouse before its starts to pour. After 6 1/2 hours of hiking we finally make it to Sean;s Guesthouse. It wasn’t nearly as grueling as yesterdays hike but it definitely an extreme hike. From Sean’s Guesthouse we took a taxi back to the staring point, caught a bus back to Lijiang, were we found a room at the same guesthouse as before, showered, and dropped into bed exhausted.
On day 2 we woke up to rain showers and both Deanna and I remember reading about how the hike can be dangerous when it is wet and slippery. We decide to wait out the rain and order some breakfast to pass the time. Not long after breakfast the clouds have lifted and the sun beams are filtering their way to the ground.
We pack up our belongings and hit the road for the next stretch of our hike. We make it to Tina’s Guest house just before lunch and decide to stock up on vegetables and take a rest. From this checkpoint we have several options: to hike down to the Gorge and touch the water, take the upper path, or to hike along the road. We pay the 10RMB service and maintenance fee and head down towards the Gorge. 
The path is a steep decent and many times we brace ourselves with the trees and strategically place chains. The path apparently took 2 years to build, as they had to chip away at some pretty steep cliffs. We finally make it to the bottom of the Gorge and area able to wash our hands in a tributary of the Yangzi River before we rest for lunch. Two more checkpoints, each 10RMB, several waterfalls and some very narrow paths are all apart of our climb back up the mountains side. 
It starts to sprinkle a little bit and our groups picks up the pace a notch because we want to make it to the next guesthouse before its starts to pour. After 6 1/2 hours of hiking we finally make it to Sean;s Guesthouse. It wasn’t nearly as grueling as yesterdays hike but it definitely an extreme hike. From Sean’s Guesthouse we took a taxi back to the staring point, caught a bus back to Lijiang, were we found a room at the same guesthouse as before, showered, and dropped into bed exhausted.
3 comments:
What an adventure! I think you will need to be writing a book! Amazing!
Wow you are going to have muscles of steel with hikes like that.
Amazing pictures and thanks for the journalling. Our lessons continue.
Marilyn
I sure won't have to worry about you . Your one guttsy girl . Sounds as if you really enjoy a challange. Have fun my Dear.
Love Nana
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