On Saturday October 30th, our team was invited by one of the teachers at the school I work with (Bo Hao) to go hiking with him up in the mountains! It was a blast! There was a trail that made it's way up the mountain that we just followed....The view was AMAZING!! It was a nice day for hiking, and besides being cloudy, the weather was nice too! On the way up we were hiking up the side of the mountain that faced the sun, so it was really hot, and so we all were sweating like crazy! On the way down, we were on the other side of the mountain which was in the shade, so it was cooler, and there was a nice breeze. Along the way, we saw these HUGE spiders, and their HUGE spider webs! For instance, we saw one spider web that had been spun in between two trees, and the distance between the two trees was at least three to four feet long! These spiders were huge, probably the biggest spiders I have ever seen! They were cool, but nasty at the same time! We also got to see this cool Gecko/Lizard thing trying to hide itself on a tree... I believe Hannah called it a Glizard. :)
After we had hiked up, and down the mountain, we drove down to this river that for the most part, had been dried up, and we spent some time climbing around on the rocks. David and I were trying to figure a way across the small river that was still there, but we never did! Actually that's not true, we found a way across, it was just getting back that would have been a different story!
The view from on the mountain! Isn't it just beautiful!! :)
Another shot of the incredible scenery!! :)
This is the trail that we followed that took us up the mountain!
Follow the "yellow brick road!" :) Well, in this case it would be...follow the brown dirt road! :)
Grace, Stephannie, and Hannah posing for a nice picture under this little resting place! :)
David and I posing for a picture along the trail! :)
This is a picture of one of the huge spiders that we saw while hiking up the mountain! As you can see I took this picture, at the same time as the spider is spinning her web! Just so you know, I cropped this picture so you could see it a little bit better! :)
This is the Glizard that we saw...isn't it sweet! :)
This is on our way down! As you can see, David is being very kind and is carrying my backpack! lol!! :)
Some cool scenery on our way down the mountain!
Flowers! Oh wait, you guys already knew that.... ;)
Walking through the river bed and climbing on the rocks as we went! :) If a Typhoon comes through, this river bed fills up, but for the most part, it is dried up like you see in this picture.
Here is my version of the song..."I went down to the river to pray!"
"I went down to the river play...studying about how to find a way across Lord show me the way...."
Well, we found a way across, but like I said before, getting back would have been a different story! :)
