Monday, September 23, 2013

Travels: Moganshan Mountain Weekend Getaway

During the monsoon on Friday, the Kansas Crew & the Shanghai Dancing Team loaded up into our 15 passenger van for a trip up to Moganshan for the weekend!

Moganshan, a mountain range about 200km west of Shanghai, is where in 1910 all the foreigners in Shanghai setup summer homes to escape the stifling heat of Shanghai. It was lost in time a little but has recently been revived with a couple premium retreat resorts and some cabin-like houses for rent. Our crew rented out Moganshan House 21 for the weekend and just had an amazing time.

The weather was absolutely perfect and the air was fresh. We went on a couple Chinese hikes (read: walks on paths / steps through the mountains). We played games, cooked food and danced out on the deck for hours. It was a perfect relaxing weekend! My pictures don't even BEGIN to do it justice.


View from The Lodge

The Lodge (not actually a Lodge, but a restaurant/cafe with helpful English speaking staff!)

loving all the houses tucked into the hills

 

Bamboo Forests 

One of our "hikes"

Part of the Crew

hiking views

the town below

ascending mountains

 House 21. Our happy home! 
(surprisingly large with a gigantic outdoor party ground and patio per room. plus, house comes with an ayi! only way to travel)


plus the aftermath

Great friends, great food, great weather, great everything! An incredibly successful weekend getaway!!! We are incredibly lucky.

... there may have also been some drunken shenanigans in there as well... I'll keep the photographic evidence to myself on that one. ;)

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