Getting Lost on the Mountain Resort 避暑山庄

Pavillion in the Middle of Nowhere in the Mountain Resort

Pavillion in the Middle of Nowhere in the Mountain Resort

The elderly gentleman recommended a shortcut which will bring me back to Wenjin Chamber 文津阁 since I didn’t know I had already been there. He did warn me that normally it is the locals who use this route but said that I should be able to find it. I veered from the paved road and follow a well trodden dirt path through the forest. It was actually a freshing walk, but it would seem that I was not getting any nearer my destination. I would be walking through the forest for tens of minutes without seeing anyone. Was I lost?

Maybe I Discovered Something Here

Maybe I Discovered Something Here

After around thirty minutes of walking I came across a fence which clearly says no tresspassing. At least there seems to be some activity here, but still no one. There weren’t any signs anymore here and I really didn’t know where I was. Finally there was a large pavillion near the top of a hill which gave me some time to catch my breath. Getting lost is tiring. Until I finally made it back to somewhere familiar did I start to see some people. Who knows what would have happened had I really gotten hopelessly lost there.

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