Jonathan(Shandong trip- Day6)

We started our day with a hearty breakfast. I was inexperienced in mountain-climbing, so I wore around 5 layers of clothing, two layers of gloves and socks. The mountain was actually 1450m high. We took a bus up to the mid-point,before starting our climb,which was around 800m high. The temperature there was slightly lower, so I was glad I had prepared enough for this climb. At first, I started alone, until I saw Hwee Yang slightly above me,who wanted to climb with me. We just chit-chat all the way to our first group meeting point. It was slightly more difficult than I thought,but anyway,we had our snack at the meeting point. It was a burger and a drink. We then continued our way to the summit which was around 150m from our first meeting point. Along the way, some of us bought onion pancake to eat. When we reached the summit, we took a photo before taking a cable car down to the mid-point. The view from the cable car was beautiful. After we reached the mid-point, we took another bus down to the base.

After this, we went for lunch. Me, Siravich and Hwee Yang sat with the teachers,but by my two friends' looks, they were not very happy to sit there as the teachers were very talkative. However, I felt it was OK as we will get to see the other side of the teachers and find out more about them. Later, we went to Hei Hu Spring, which had special characteristics, like the water there came from a cave, which had special purification rocks, making it more pure than normal distilled water.

We did nothing much until dinner. Dinner was one of the best I had in this trip. This time, it was me, Hwee Yang and Harrison which sat with the teachers. They kept on offering food to us. Then, we went to buy some last-minute stuff that we might need in Beijing. Some bought food and drinks, but I bought some Durian sweets for gifts. Later, before we went for tea appreciation,some of us performed songs on the bus. Yun yi and Rachel were the main characters of this show as they sang many songs for us. Then, it was tea appreciation which was boring except that it tasted really good. Finally, we checked in to our last hotel in Shandong, where we had to prepare for depature at 5am for Beijing. Me and Siravich played pranks on each other there. It was fun!