Climbed a Mountain

I've attached a few pictures of Baiyun Mountain.
It's a large hill north of the city that has several walking trails, a tram, and a temple. The Chinese 'climb mountains' for weekend exercise to get fresh air. It took me about 45 minutes to take the stairs from the bottom to the top, so it's not a large mountain at all. It's starting to feel like summer here. It warms up to 75 Fahrenheit, sunny and humid in the middle of the day. Along parts of the trail there were two sets of stairs. The second set contained smooth stones about 1" in diameter. Many people took their shoes off and tried to walk the stone stairs instead of the cement. Not quite a foot massage, but meant to be therapeutic.

The temple that I toured was in the process of being cleaned. Many gallons of water had been dumped inside at the foot of the buddha statues, and workers were shoveling the dirty water out the front door. Just outside, women were worshipping by burning incense.