Baiyun Mountain: A Peak with a View

To get to the mountain, we thought we'd follow Trip Advisor.  It said to tke the train to a specificstation and the walk.  Then out guide saw this and said it would be too far to walk.  We still wanted to go, so I decided that we would take a cab.  We asked our guide write it in pinyin.  If we did not have that, we'd not be able to communicate.

We packed up our bags and took the train over to the nearest station.  When we got to the road,we did not notice any signs.  I did see the mountain.  We went up to a motorcycle cab.  He saw where we were going and shook his head.  We thought it was because we were within walking distance.  So we crossed the road.  We still did not know which way to go.  

We asked some people where to go.  They tried to adsist.  They gave us two numbers.  We found out they were for the bus.  In the end we hailed a cab.  He took us to the entrance.

We paid our admission to take the cable car.  Going up was hot.  We did see windows open, but we felt like we were fish in a sunlit fishbowl.  

Getting off we saw the signs for McDonad's.  They had that and a couple of other eateries.  They were expensive.  

The best part was the view from the mountain.  You could see a big part of the city.  Michelle and I wslked around a little.  There was a group of girls playing a hacky sack like game.  

As we left, a woman approached us.  She asked how we knew about the mountain.  We told her that we had been to the park below the mountain.  She asked if she could take our picture together.  

We said okay.  She tried to take a picture, but the telephoto lens was on.  She backed up.  She finally took a picture.  Then she cut the the lefy still smiling.  Angie whispers that if she takes off I have to run after her.  It felt like that scene from European Vacation, where the con man steals there video camera.  That did not happen.  

We made our way down to the cable car.  This time it was cooler.  We realized that there was a window we could have opened.

Getting the cab back was a piece of cake.  We did have to tell him where to stop.  At this stop,  there were some eateries.  I got a steamed bun. MIchelle got a ice cream.  Angie did not like the choices.  

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