May 10 -12, 2002
TaiShan
Climbed the mountain with Kai's coworkers
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| The inside of our bus | The street at the bottom of the mountain | The first gate to this mountain | Kai and the performing monkey | Me and the monkey | Old man selling shrooms ;) | Kai enjoying his favorite fruit: pineapple; which is sold everywhere on a stick | Kai and I at one of the gates |
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| Me and some of Kai's coworkers as we climb the mountain | Kai and I at one of the scenic spots | Kai and some of his coworkers | Kai and I at another scenic spot | Me with a temple in the background | Some of us at lunch | halfway to the top | Kai and I at yet another scenic spot |
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| Chairman Mao's writings | Kai and I climbed to the center of the previous picture | Our climb up this mountain - 4 hours one way | See me? =) I was racing everyone up | Still not there | Another route to the top | Kai crawling up the steps as he lags behind ;) hehe jk | There were men bringing up baskets of stuff that walk at a really slow steady rate |
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| We wouldn't let them beat us up the mountain so they were a sign for when our rests were done | A view looking down as we climb up | Another view | Me at the South Heaven Gate | Kai celebrating his victory | A map with some background information of Mt. Tai | The little city at the top of the mountain | Yet another gate at the top of the mountain |
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| Actually we still have some more to go | On our way | Kai and I with his coworker and nephew in front of a Mt. Tai sign | Kai and I at the very top of the mountain flying =P | The next day in front of Confucius' temple | Kai in front of the biggest classroom (I think it's in the back) | Me walking to look inside the rooms | A street vendor in front of Confucius' home |
