Mmm...food on a stick. It's even better on a mountaintop when you're hungry and tired.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

She smiles even more when you actually buy stuff.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

But first, there's vendors to visit and handicrafts to buy!
EAP China! Robert Klein.

And so the final climb begins. There better be something cool at the top, or I'm gonna be annoyed.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Sisi poses next to a Chinese christmas tree.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

We're almost there, it's all downhill from here! Except for that big staircase in the distance straight up the hill.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

One, two...
EAP China! Robert Klein.

My classmates (who all more or less speak Chinese natively) trying out the patnted mountaintop resting methods. The cute smiles, thumbs up and the blowfish.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Except for the funny looking rock, it looked a lot like the hills to California to me, just a bit greener.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Onward to the peak! Onward!
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Too bad it was the wrong way.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

This was the steepest part of the journey. By the high point, all the girls were wiped out big time.
EAP China! Robert Klein.

Julie's...wearing glasses outside? Stylish!
EAP China! Robert Klein.

It was a rainy morning in Chende on the way to Sledge Hammer mountain.
EAP China! Robert Klein.