Phil and Lisa organised a car, so we could make an overnight trip to Wulingshan Mountain on the Hebei Beijing border, around 150 kms from Beijing and close to Jingshanling and Simatai Great Wall. I was just stoked to be driving again and it mattered little where we went, but the area was beautiful and considering it was during National Holidays, the area was not as crowded as it could’ve been. The drive over the mountain pass (presumably to the top of Wulingshan) on a very narrow road with a sheer drop one both sides was most impressive and a perfect finale to the day, even if officially we were lost at the time, I’m so glad we were, the pass was spectacular and we had some fun with the co-driving navigation! On the second day went for a speedboat ride on the reservoir and then hiked along the waterfalls close to Yaoqiaoyu Reservoir and enjoyed the great sunny weather on an autumn day, while it was raining hard back in Beijing! We found the Jingcheng Gaosu on the way back so we didn’t even have to put up with the shit traffic on Jingshun Lu, making it a much more accessible place from Beijing. Here are some photos …

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