the view

The ski lift and the stairs

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August 30th 2008
Hello All! Yesterday we went to a park I think is called the Zhuhai Sante Cable. Basically, it's a mountain with a ski lift to the top and a slide thing to the bottom (if you pay extra). If you don't pay extra, you get to walk down a really scary set of uneven stone stairs. We didn't know about the stairs, so we didn't pay extra. The view from the top was, of course, beautiful. The walk down was t ... read more

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