Day 3: Devils Landing!
Okay okay so I've been getting a lot of questions about what went down on this INSANE day so here goes nothing!
We started off this morning thinking that we were going to have a relaxing day, riding mopeds around this beautiful city. Little did we realize that we actually didn't know how to drive the dang things and would be put to the test right away on to the busiest road in this town. We were off to a decent start, and I spent most of the time yelling at our tour guide Peter telling him to slow the freak down haha. We headed for the country side and about an hour in, lily decided she wanted to try and drive so we switched and waiting the first 2 minutes, we crashed and the bike fell on top of us, luckily we were going really slow but it was still painful. I took the wheel again and lily kept on being the photographer and entertainer. 2 hours into the ride we get to this dirt road in the mountains and start OFF ROADING on mopeds...not normal. The hill was so steep and we were slipping and sliding alllll over the place. We were in the back and as we got down said scary hill, saw two other bikes in a ditch with 2 injured girls, lots of cuts and blood (one knee got stitches later that day) and everyone came together to help. My friend missy even ripped her dress into a shirt so make 3 bandages for the girls with open wounds. So sweet! After we cleaned up, we ditched the bikes and headed down to the base of the mountain which is the tallest one in this city!
We thought it would be a 40 minute walk/hike BUT it ended up being straight uphill, with 90,000 steps (190 floors there and 190 back according to Ashely's step counter) 4 miles, and 10 ladders to get to the top. But the scary part was that it was on the side of a cliff with no railings so we were scared of falling off. Also it was 98 degrees with humidity of 87%, middle of the day with no shade so we were SO hot and the ladders were so sketchy everyone cried a little.....except our cute tourguide who surprised us with water and oranges at the top. So YES we made it and the view was amazingggggg. We were there for 30 minutes and then headed down. The way down was sketch but a lot faster to we were okay, I busted my knee on the way up so it hurt, and my legs were shaking so bad it was hard to balance but we had help and our fave China man tourguide legit held my hand as I almost fell again on the way down. We conquered this mountain and I am so proud of everyone that did it!
After that, we were sooo hungry and thirsty cause we had rationed our water. So we drove on the bikes for another 2 hours to the next town and had noodles, they were pretty nasty but we were grateful to have food. We went another 2 hours around these mountains and ended up by this beautiful bridge, drove another two through corn fields and cute little towns through MAIN STREET TRAFFIC with cars buzzing around everywhere, and on the "FREEWAY" and then we finally made it home!! We were so sunburned and exhausted that we bought sprite and chocolate bars for dinner and passed out. I am so thankful for challenges that make me stronger, but dang that was so hard to see in the moment. The view from the top was incredible and I wish that everyone would have been able to see it with their own eyes!
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