This morning we went on a little excursion to Huangguoshu waterfall, the largest waterfall in China... I think. It was an early rise again, but definitely worth it!
If you read my previous blog post, you will be aware that James had an unfortunate incident with his shoes. They had not dried off this morning so, instead of just braving the damp, he thought he would wear the complimentary hotel slippers. Well I say slippers, they were pretty much a sole with a flimsy bit of papery fabric to make them into some sort of flip flop.
Whilst we were walking towards the waterfall, Georgia thought it would be absolutely hilarious if she trod on the back of James' slipper. Of course, this led to the flimsy thing breaking, a James having to hop his way around.
The walk between the entrance and the waterfall was just over half an hour, and we were given some rather dashing waterproof ponchos to wear so we wouldn't get wet when we got there. The walk was very picturesque and when we finally got to the waterfall it was an incredible sight.
We then walked down some steps to the 'rhinoceros pool', which is the pool at the bottom of the waterfall, and managed to get a group photo! This normally proves difficult as there are twelve of us and we never seemed to be in the same place at the same time.
By this point, James' other slipper had come off and Humphrey was starting to get concerned. The only shoes available at the gift shop where crocs, James was not willing to pay this and kicked up such a fuss that Humphrey ended up buying them just to get him to shut up. Classic James.
He seemed to really like James, as when we were on our way out, he decided to dare James to climb up some rock. This wasn't doable with crocs on, but it was rather funny!
For lunch we went to a restaurant nearby the entrance to the park. Tiny cages containing various birds and animals in cramped conditions. It was sickening. To make matters worse, half way through our meal, James decided it would be hilarious to put a chicken's head and some dried fish into my bowl. My appetite left me completely. So gross.
We then went to another part of the national park I can't remember what it was called though! There was a smaller waterfall and 365 stepping stones over the water, each with a day of the year on it. We followed the stepping stones around until we reached what we thought was the end of the park, but there was plenty more to see!
We passed through various rock formations, where Georgia, Josh, James, Ben and I thought it would be a great idea to pretend to be die hard tourists and take photos every five seconds, trying to get as many Chinese tourists in the background as possible.
We got back to our apartment at around 6, so Georgia, Josh, James and I decided to go to Dico's and then to the market. What we didn't realise was that the market closed at 7:30pm on a saturday, and they started to lock up. It was quite scary as it is really easy to get lost in there, luckily we found our way out before getting locked in!
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