So I (Maria) was invited to tag along with other expats on a hiking trip. Before I tell you how sore I was after the hike, I'll give you a little history; the mountain is called "Big Black Mountain". It's known as the first mountain in southern Liaoning Province. It has been praised as "The Wonder on the Southeast corner of Liaoning" and it has over 500 plant species along with some awesome ancient architecture. (Below you will see some of the temples we saw) Unfortunately none of us knew the history behind the temples so I couldn't tell you much on that, but it was still freaken cool to see!
Okay this is the story, I've never really hiked so I was really proud of myself that I reached the very top. We walked up and down approx. 4000 steps, walked a few trails and climbed over a few rocks. It took a total of 4 1/2 hrs to complete the entire hike and I saw some of the most outstanding scenery yet in China. And OH YES, I was sore for over a week, it kicked my butt big time! I couldn't even walk upstairs in our house, that's how bad it was. lol
But overall, it was totally worth it!
Us at the beginning of our hike.
This is one of the many temples we saw during our hike. Someone did tell us that this temple was used by a king to oversee his army.
The surrounding area.
The entrance to one of the temples.
A glimps of the many stairs there were.
A Buddist Worship Temple/ Cave. 
This was at the end of our hike.
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