Mount Taishan

We traveled about 2 hours by bus to Tian to climb the famous China Mountain named Mount Taishan. It was a shuttle bus up the side of the mountain, then a tram up the mountain and at last a long hike up to the top. We went with some of the other local BYU English teachers and the staff of the International office.
We enjoyed the day very much and took some photos there. We had a wonderful Chinese food lunch and headed back. This trip was supposed to be two days but was changed to a day trip only because the University International office who took us, was afraid of the spread of the Pig Flu virus and staying overnight there, so far from home and associating with large groups of people, could be perhaps medically inadvisable or even dangerous. We just passed that off as simply fear speaking. There have been three (3) confirmed cases of this bacon, ham or pork chop virus in China so far, no deaths, and in a population of 1 and 1/2 billion, the threat seems small to us.

Wish you all a happy day!