A couple days ago I went to Guiyang with David. Originally the plan was that I would follow him to the passport office and then we would just hang around Guiyang for the rest of the day. The night before we went to Guiyang, David and I decided to invite many of our friends. Our group ended up being 8 people. When we got to Guiyang we decided it would be best of David went ahead to the passport office to meet Callum then we would all meet up later on. At the first bus stop we found a student who was going to the train station to get home. Since David only knew how to get to the passport office from the train station, he would hop a ride with the student to the train station. The student flagged down a random biker who would charge for the trip. The bike would be cheaper and faster than public transport. David left GFC today. He and I became good friends. As great of an experience this college offers us, it is also one of the saddest places. People are always coming and going. We all make friends then we all leave, and in reality we will most likely never see each other again. That is the one thing I hate about coming here.
After David went off on the bike, the rest of the group and I went to go get some lunch. We took a public bus to the only Carrefour in the city. Carrefour is kind of like a Wal-mart, it has a lot of international goods. This is just a picture of Jen on the bus.
After Carrefour, we all went to Guiyang Mountain Monkey Park. David and Callum told us it would be a nice place to burn some time and it would be a good place to meet up. The park was very awesome. This is the lake that you see upon entrance to the park. The entrance fee was about 5 yuan.
As you enter the park, you can see cable cars heading to the highest point of the park. Everyone decided that it would awesome to take the cars up and then we would walk down. After I hopped into the car, everyone took a picture of the first person going up.
Another pair, Jen and Bowie, loading up in the next car.
This was the amazing view from the lower cable station.
About halfway up I turned around and I saw this view. It is absolutely amazing.
I snapped this picture right before I got up to the summit. This shot gives off such a Jurassic Park feel.
The sexy shitless man at the top opens the door for us.
At the top of the mountain this is the view of Guiyang. Guiyang is one of the most expensive cities to live in in China. Real-estate here is ridiculous, so I have been told.
The picture above shows more of the industrialized side while this one shows more of the poorer side.
As much as I hated getting a picture taken of myself, I knew I had to for two reasons: 1) it was an absolutely awesome place and 2) my mom would kill me if I didn't. Photo credit: Emma Lenz
Two words: MONKEY BUTT!
This monkey stole that bag of pop corn from the lady beside it. She tried to take it back but the monkey grabbed it back from her.
These two monkeys stole those bottels from people too. Crazy creatures these monkeys.
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