Day 6 & 7: Sunrise, Hot Springs, and Ancient Villages

Our 6th day on our journey started at 4am in the morning. We wanted to see the sunrise. When we left the hotel, it was quite foggy/cloudy (you can't tell whether it's fog or clouds in that altitude) and were quite disappointed when we arrived at the spot where we wanted to see the sunrise because we could see nothing. Fortunately, we were patient and were able to capture this picture when the sun shined through a little hole in the clouds for five minutes.

Afterwards, we started climbing down the Yellow Mountains. It took us about 4 hours to get down. On our way down, we saw many workers again carrying shitloads of weights up the mountains.

You have to imagine that we were totally exhausted after we climbed up the mountains with nothing but a small backpack. These guys have to carry loads of stuff, such as several crates of beverages, huge cans of oil, whole windows, high voltage cables, and everything that could be needed up in the mountains.
At the bottom of the mountain we saw these cute monkeys.

The guide told us that you should not feed or tease them because they can be pretty aggressive. Woman in red clothes should watch out in particular because they can be pretty perverted (LOL).
When we arrived at the hotel we were exhausted and welcomed the opportunity to visit the famous hot springs at the Yellow Mountains. Here, we spent 5 hours (can't imagine that it's healthy) and bathed in aromatized pools, such as rice soup, green tea, ginseng, red wine, bamboo, Vitamin C, ore, coconut milk and many more.

The next day, we went to visit two ancient villages, Hongcun and Xidi, and tried to recover from all the climbing.

 At Hongcun, we saw a lot of art students painting and were pretty overwhelmed by their skills.

In the afternoon, we left the Yellow Mountains and traveled to Nanjing, the former capital of China. It has a beautiful old town and is also famous for its food.

 

The following map should give you a better understanding about or itinerary. Our next stop will be Xi'an! Follow the blog and stay updated :)