Kongtong Mountain

Home of Taoism, this magnificent collection of temples perched high above the
city of Pingliang is amazing...even in the pouring rain. 

We left the hotel at 10:30 (it was REALLY raining earlier).  Remember all those
Chinese paintings of craggy mountains shrouded in fog with temples perched on top? 
Well this is the place and it's for real. 

We toured the mountain, both middle and high, climbed over 1,800 stone steps to the
HIGH temple, and were amazed at all the carved gods and altars. Drenched to the skin
we retuned down the 8,900 ft perch and back to a warm hotel room for the night. 

It was quite a day, both historically and physically challenging.  It was Tao's
first visit to to mountain. He took a lot of notes. Remember his promise a few days
earlier!



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