Update, Avitar mountains and Tunxi city with new friends

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Hey everyone,

So here is an update!

1) the mountains in Huangshan were amazing!!! We were there for 3 days and 2 nights, hiked waaaaaay too many steeeeeep stairs and our legs are still tired! 😊 Hope you enjoy the pictures, like usual they dont compare to the depth you see with your eyes, but we still think they are awesome! We climbed the highest peak (lotus peak) over 1800 meters and many others, we covered more then half the area which has 50km of hiking trails throughout it! Im sure you can understand our sore legs haha 😊

2) We met some really nice friends who took us out for dinner in Tunxi (the place where we were to go to the mountains) and would not let us pay for anything... we used google translate on their phones to carry on conversation hahah but it was a really awesome experience! 😊

3) Right now we are in a place called Yingtan, it is the city we go through to get to our last chinese destination - Guilin - we decided to stay here for a few days and take a break, as we are both a sick with a cold and we are doing alot in Guilin and want to be healthly! Today (20th) is our 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, so we are happy to be experiencing it in China together! 😊

Other then that,we are getting excited for south east asia, the non-flooded parts! Hope you enjoy the pics and let us know what you think! We miss you all very much! and we would love to hear from you and know what you have been up too!

Lots of Love,
Randi and Quinn

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Photos

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our new friends

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going to the restaurant

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getting the food...

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we have no idea what we are doing...

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eating dinner... tofu, pig intestines, random meat dumplings, pickles radishes with chiles, dough balls and rice

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yummy peanut brittle.. which was warm and have sesame seeds in it... cavity maker forsure!

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the side streets and markets

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day one at the mountains

Comments

[BRODY]

HAH
miss you guys, im starting to have a concern though, hah why must the dingler be associated with the perv face that quin has on display here hahah

[travelbuddies]

HI BRODY
hahaha, oh buddy, were you not aware thats what you look like when you do the dingler??? hahah just kidding, thats all quinn! :) its funny because when this pic was taken, he was alll confused about what the face looked like, apparently its not this one hhahah... Face book is banned in china, so all we have is hotmail and the blog right now lol. Were still in china for about a week and a half, and then into vietnam, where we can keep in touch on face book again lol. How is everything on your end? We miss ya lots and hope its all going great! :) ps... planned where your going to meet us yet? lol :)

[Grandma & Grandpa]

U pdate, Avitar mountains and Tunxi city with new friends
Randi & Quinn...You must be in very good shape with all the exercise you get climbing walls & mountains. All of your pictures are fabulous, and we keep checking on you most every day even tho we do not write back. We liked the part where you found a secret place to be by yourselves in a part of the world far away. It reminded us of ourselves . So pleased you are having a good time. Love to you both. Grandma

[travelbuddies]

HI GRANDMA AND GRANDPA (oct 22)
Thanks! We also enjoyed our secret spot! :) Great to hear that your enjoying the blog! Hope everything is going well there and your not sick anymore! Hopefully Taylor is being a better little boy hahahah We bet he is very cute, for you to still love him so much! :) We take a train tomorrow (23) and go to a place called Guilin, this will be our last place in china before going to vietnam! we will be there about a week, there are lots of things to do in and around that city! We will keep you posted and send pictures whenever we have them! Hope farming is going good too and that it has been a nice fall so far. Miss you and love you very ,much! Quinn and Randi xoxoxo

[Cyndy]

great stuff
Wan says that the baby chicken on your plate was a little bird. The French eat the same little bird. the mountains are really nice, different than our mountains. Very colorful markets. Awesome.

[travelbuddies]

HI MOM CYNDY
awe poor little bird... Boooo haha were pretty sure thats what made Quinn sick! :(

[Cyndy]

Soo good! Quinn doing yoga in the mountains.Wow.

[travelbuddies]

HI MOM CYNDY
hahaha ya Yoga haha we just like different pictures sometimes, and we were being silly haha miss you and love you!

[Nancy]

Wow!
Incredible mountains, incredible sunset (did you have to walk down the mountain in the dark?). Your courage in walking those many miles straight up (and down) the mountain, and experiencing the interesting food gives me a whole new respect for the 2 of you! What a 'once in a lifetime' experience! Yes, live in the moment. We'll be wanting to hear all the behind the picture stories for years to come. Tomorrow, Mom is taking Cyndy and me to the Symphony Brunch & Fashion Show at the Hotel Sask. I'm cleaning and de-cluttering for 25 gals coming over on Tuesday to do some taste testing of some East Indian delights, networking, and having a certified health coach from Colombia speak on what her courses entail. Another brunch next Sunday, the election on Monday, a Christmas party on Wednesday and then I decided I wanted my friends to see what fabulous deck work Benn does, so I'm having my own party on 11/11/11 to show off my renovations. That takes care of the first 2 weeks of November, and Christmas entertaining hasn't really even started! I love my life! Stay healthy & happy. Keep those pictures coming!

[travelbuddies]

HI NANCY
Hi Nanc, its so god to hear from you and all about what your up too!!! Busy busy... but busy is fun!!! Hope you have a great time with Cyndy and Grandma... that should be great!!! Your party sounds awesome and were sure Benn will love the publicity for the deck! Thanks for the compliments... we love traveling and we are having so much fun and learning so much!!! As for the mountains, we stayed on top of the mountain so we didn't have to climb all the way down, just about 10-15minutes from our secret spot :) How did you like the east indian food? We really like Indian food... Mmmmm :) Well now we are in Vietnam and we have a whole new adventure to start! This is our 19th country of this trip, and our 22 that we have been to together! :) We had our 6 year anniversary in october, what a way to spend it! :) Again it was so great to hear from you and when your busy 2 weeks is over you should let us know how it all want!! Miss you lots! Love, Randi and Quinn xoxoxoxoxo