Tian Zi Shan

In one of the days we spent in Zhangjiajie - five hours from Changsha - we went to this place called "Tian Zi Shan" 天 子 山 which means the Mountain of the Emperor. Beautiful view. The mountains contrasted with the big Chineselike building in front of us. Each bus had to stick together. So we had a whole line just for 四号车 - bus number four. One of our guides was handing in a card. She said to each one of us: "Be Calful! To days!" We were like: "Whaaat? Be careful with what? Are we gonna die in two days?" Lol.

Anyway, after that we got in and we had to get into another bus. All buses were completely full and everybody had to go in it together. It took us around 10 minutes to get into it. When we were going in, another bus, out of no where, starts parking right beside our bus. Jessica and I were almost smashed by the crazy driver if it wasn't for Josh, the cute Auzzie. We got into the bus and the view was AMAZING! And I'm glad we didn't go to the next line by foot b/c it was far far away from where we were before. Also, there were many curves along the way. We couldn't stop paying attention to the driver b/c we all thought we were about to crash at any moment. Chinese people drive in a nonsense way. For real! And during my time there I saw ONE car accident. Unbelievable.

When we finally got to the queue we were supposed to, we had to wait for 30-40 minutes. On the line next to ours there was a KTV - Kareoke. Someone was actually singing right beside us. Chinese way of having fun in the line. Haha. Some Chinese people started talking to Eduardo, my Mexican friend, also known as "el amante latino" and "presidente". They were amazed to see how different he was and the fact that he spoke very good Mandarin dazzled them. They asked him to sing Chinese songs and some Mexican too. The men got their cameras and recorded his singing. The women called their friends and put him on the phone. People are AMAZED when they see "waiguoren" (foreigners).

The top seemed to be almost touching the clouds. We got to the top and that meant we had to go in by cable cars. I really wanted to go with Camila and Jessica, my two Brazilian friends, but they separated us. So I had to go with Leo. I was a little bit afraid at first. Haha. Leo is the kind of guy that LOVES women. Hehe. But sometimes he says things that are not very polite. Plus, haha, the button of his pants was always open. He said it was more comfortable that way. And I'm the kind of girl that gets shocked by anything ppl say. I guess I'm getting better at not being so surprised now. Lol. Leo was really nice. We spent some time talking and observing the view. At some point we couldn't see anything. The smog was so thick that nothing was visible. Our ride only lasted 10 minutes or so. I'm sure we would be able to see a breathtaking view if it wasn't because of the smog. That was disappoint, but I got to take some nice pictures while we were going up.

In order to meet our group, we went to this big square. Most of us sat on the stairs. We spent some time talking. Chinese ppl as usual were in awe when they saw us. They talk about us, they point at us... and they think we don't understand or see them doing these things. Lol. One little girl came to Marco and asked him if she could take a picture with us. Of course she could. =) She was so sweet and she was happy to see us. Then some other kids wanted to take pictures with us too. One by one. After a while we just said: "Lai, lai, lai!" (Come, come, come).