have been around 9.30 by the time we got to this point, the temperature was rising and the cloud was beginning to clear and as if by magic when we went over to the viewpoint and stood admiring the view the cloud lifted and we were given a full glimpse of true beauty of this gorge - a true natural reward after our efforts in climbing so high! We scoffed some chocolate, admired the view and were soon ready to carry onward and upward! We were under no elusion that all the walking uphill was over but we knew there wasn’t that much more to do! The chocolate kicked in and with energy levels restored we virtually skipped up the rest of hills - well perhaps I’m exaggerating a little but we were in good spirits!

We reached the highest point sooner than we though and then started going quite steeply downhill, Rob was jokingly complaining that it was wrong to be going downhill so soon after all of our

efforts of getting to the top! It was getting a bit tough on the old knees but we could see that it was to soon flatten out, which it did and once it did it made it very pleasant and fairly easy walking conditions. We were wishing that we could teleport all of the people we knew who loved hiking because it was hiking to die for, words can not describe the sheer beauty of the place. It is rumoured that the Chinese government are thinking about damning the area like they did with the 3 gorges, this would be an absolute criminal act against nature and everything should be done to not allow it to happen. I don’t want to go to overboard with my views till we leave China!!! The weather by now was perfect, it was pleasantly warm and the cloud had cleared we were snapping away to our hearts content and were in total awe of the place.

We were all starting to get a little hungry around 1.30 and we were