Tai'an and Tai'shan pictures

At the back of the mini-van we took from Qufu to Tai'an, the city at the bottom of Tai'shan mountain.
At the bottom of the Tai'shan (the most famous of the 5 sacred Taoist peaks). This is around the place where we bought our tickets to go up the mountain and take the bus (20-minute bus ride) to the bottom of the steps.
Tai'shan here we come: it's the name of a TV series. :-) We found this picture reminded us of an ad for a popular TV series - we're at the bottom of the 6000 steps (or maybe more?) that lead to the top of Tai'shan. A waterfall along the way up Tai'shan mountain - if you look closely you can see engravements of Chinese calligraphy in the stone.
The view of the stairs leading up Tai'shan. The temple is up at the top in the centre - it was our goal! This is after we had already been climbing for at least twenty minutes. With a half-hour lunch break it took us two hours to reach the top.
From L to R: Gaetan, Guillaume, Loic. In front of an egravement of beautiful red calligraphy (who knows what it says) onto a part of Tai'shan mountain.
The view up Tai'shan. Look at the people!
Outside the KTV in Tai'an (the city from where we could get to Tai'shan mountain - the sacred Taoist peak). It was raining and we were waiting for a taxi when a worker from the KTV came out with an umbrella to keep the girls dry. :-) Katia is taking out a plastic poncho that we bought for 3 kwai - they're the equivalent of a garbage bags and they look just as fashionable.