zhangjiajie.

We arrived at the train station after traveling through the night. The man who owned the hotel peddled up on his little bike and was so excited to see us! Most people who say they are going to pick you up bring a car, but we had to walk behind him and his bike. Haha 

After checking in and getting settled, we set out to go to the Zhangjiajie National Park. We had to catch a bus and drive for a good hour or so. When we got on the bus it was very packed! Some lady and her kids were scooting over so we could sit down next to them. The little girl was so dang cute!! I wasn't going to squish the poor girl, so I picked her up and put her on my lap. She seriously was so dang cute!!!

Some of the girls made some friends with these people that spoke some English so we hung out with them all day. I was thinking we were just going to have a nice hike to the top, but it wasn't your normal hike. It was complete stairs! And weird rocky ones too. Soooo freaking hard. I better have nice legs by the end of this dang trip! 

There were these people throughout the trail that had these chairs and were carrying people up or down the trail if they couldn't do it! And they were old men carrying them. They are ripped  just like you dad;)

Along the way you could hear screams. I totally thought they were people screaming for joy because they made it to the top but, nope. They were wild monkeys!! When you look at them they're adorable, but they can be kinda vicious. My friend crouched down next to one, and it lunged forward at him with the most evil face. I was waiting for it to attack me so I sprinted by that thing.

Being at the top of the mountain was breathtaking. The mountains here are unlike anything else. I wish I could describe them but it's impossible for me. Haha They go straight up and have the coolest looking trees. We hung out at the top and took so many pictures with all the little Asians. I'm basically a celebrity here.

They seriously have the best fruit here!! I bought this massive kiwi and ate it in peace while breathing in the fresh mountain air. I am in love! The only place I've been able to breath on this vacation. So much smoke and smog everywhere. Bleh!

The rest of the night was really chill because we hiked down the mountain, and took the bus back. After, we got some din din, showered and I crashed. We've been going all day so I just crashed. I'm excited for what's to come!

PS! Have you seen the movie Avatar? In that movie they have the floating mountains, and these are the mountains they based that off of.

loves.