The Gloomy Monsoony

Hello all readers,
We went for a quick get-a-way this week end to Huangshan or also known as the Yellow Mountains. We figured it got that name from mountains being covered with bamboo forests that look fuzzy and yellowish. It was a six hour bus ride through some very winding roads to get there but there was some spectacular views along the way
Before we left we went to the 4Th anniversary of the Indian Kitchen, the only local Indian restaurant in Hefei, and had a scrupulous buffet there. They had belly dancers and Michel Jackson impersonators, sometime at the same time. They also had a give-a-way the we got a large jar of curry paste. It looks really good but we don't have a kitchen or anything to make it with.
Huangshan was extremely beautiful. It has very steep mountains covered in green except for some jagged rock faces and tall waterfalls. The hostel we stayed at was pretty junkie. It cost us 10 dollars a night. but it had a good location from the national park. Saturday we arrived in the afternoon and road on a rickshaw motorcycle contraption to See some beautiful pools and water falls. The pictures we took didn't do justice. It was also the place where Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was filmed.
At night we just walked around town and got a bite to eat. The main delicacy is frog in Huangshan but me and Aundi wimped out and ate some cashew chicken and bamboo. The town was very gloomy and looked kinda sad even though it was surrounded by gorgeous mountains.
The next day we woke up early to ride to the top of the mountain on a cable car. when we got to the bottom it was raining buckets and it stayed that way for the rest of the day. We weren't able to go to the top because of lightning but we really wouldn't want to. you can't see much of the beauty when it is raining anyways. We spent most of the day drying off and playing cards.
We will have to do the hike another weekend and we will check the weather before we go.


Now I writing a couple of days latter from the top section. I apologize for my slothfulness at updating our blog. Aundi is much better at this stuff than I am.
This weekend we are leaving for Guilin. It is our week long vacation and is going to be a blast. We are flying there and taking a train the way back. the train will take 26 hours and the flight is only 2. Aundi will do a fantastic job at telling you how much fun it was next week.
We had fun going to the market this week also. We bought some more junk to bring home and I'm amazed at how huge the market is. Its like 4 city blocks and 7 stories in some places of crammed together little shops. You can get almost anything you want and million of things you would never want. It is fun and you get to meet a lot of neat people. We also chilled at a park and played with pigeons for a while.
Thanks for reading and we'll write to you in the future.
With regards,
Ted & Aundi