Mt. Emei continued

My favorite part of the trip happened after the rest of the group went home and some of us who decided we wanted to see the top of the mountain stayed for an extra day to see the sunrise and buddhist temple at the top of Emei shan. First of all it ended up just being myself and two girls who are in my group but that I had not been particularly good friends with but we where the ones who wanted to go to the top. We took the bus to the top some others chose to hike up the whole mountain which too me seemed insane but I was impressed by them nonetheless. Anyway we ended up on a bus that we thought was going to take 40 minutes but it ended up taking us 2 hours. The bus only took us to within a 2 hour a hike of the top so even after we got there we needed to go farther we did know this before we took off but still was a problem. Since we thought we where going to get to this area in time to take the tram the rest of the way to the top. So when we got there we had to decidd whether we wanted to hike in the dark or stay at this old monastary looking place. We decided to stay and fortunately made friends with a Chinese college student who helped translate for us and helped us get a room. This room had three beds and the bathroom was about 100 yards away outside and the temperature at the top of this mountain stays at a constang 40 degrees. No heating but we did have a heating pad underneath our sheets. I did get some pictures that do a decent job of capturing the feel of this place. Oh and we had a mouse in our room that led to the girls I was with not being able to sleep but it did not bother me much because I was too tired. This place was really awesome but i am glad that i only had to stay there one night. There was water available so you could wash your face and brush your teeth but other than that it was not much. You can not be too picky when you are stuck on a mountain and you only pay 60 Yuan ($8) for a night. The best part was when we got to the top.