We got a late start to our outing with the kids today. It was quite chilly and windy. We rode the bus for at least an hour to get to Beihai. We arrived at 4, skipped a lot of climbing and walking on the island. Ended up walking around the whole lake, because the ticket guy's map showed a shorter path to the 9 dragon screen. Looking at other maps, we should've went the other way. But the boys did great. We left after 6pm and had to walk to find our bus stop. When we got to the bus stop it was full of workers in their hardhats. Luckily their stop was about 10-15 minutes down the line, so after they cleared the bus we got seats for the rest of the long ride. I was nervous we'd miss our stop in the dark. My father-in-law wrote down the meaning of the stop name in English instead of how it's pronounced, this is interesting to him, but not so helpful in deciphering where I was to get off at.
We got home after 8 and finally had dinner. Yikes, luckily the boys don't have school tomorrow!
The history: Built from 916-1125 built upon a traditional Chinese legend of 3 mountains in the east, thought to have magical power to give humans immortality. Opened to the public in 1925.
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