Stone Forest

Quite possibly one of the highlights of spring festival was the Stone Forest in Kunming, Yunnan Province. It was an outdoorsman's dream. Really. When outdoorsman dream they imagine this place with awesome paths to follow between and under massive rocks going straight up. It really is so amazing it looks fake.

I can't get over this place. At times it felt like the scene from the Lord of the Rings with the Dead mean from Dunharrow. That was a burst of nerd, but look for it next time you see the movie and you'll know what I mean. If we didn't have so much else to see on that exciting vacation I would have staying there for days. Camp, climb on rocks, pretend. Whatever. It was so cool.

And one of the best parts was that for whatever reason we didn't encounter to many people. For what ever reason most of the visitors didn't go beyond the beginning of the park. Perhaps they preferred to view it from the golf cart that circled the perimeter of the park. More park for us.

I did the math, calculating the amount of time we were in the park with the amount of pictures I took, and it came out to about one picture every 30 seconds. That right there is a testament to whether I like the park or not. And lastly, if I can get this excited about one place on earth then it makes me wonder what the new earth will be like when I go hiking with Chris.