We are off to the mountains to visit the origin of the Taoist religion up on Mount Qingcheng. After an hour and a half drive we arrive at the mountain.
We hike up and then catch a boat across the lake and hike some more.
And we finally arrive at the top. We were lucky to be able to go and see as much as we did as the area was greatly destroyed a few years ago during the Sichuan earthquake and is still in the process of being rebuilt.
We took the gondola back to the bottom and felt like movie stars when we kept getting requests from Chinese tourists to have our picture taken. They all wanted to know where we were from. When we got back to the bottom we went and had a nice lunch at the teahouse and then settled in for an afternoon of painting.
Painting the gate to the teahouse.
Even our guide Sherry got enthused and joined us in a session of painting.
Sherry's first painting.
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