Ascension House, where I am staying at the moment, is located on the side of a moutain next to a Christian retreat that is a converted Bhuddist Monastary. Yesterday when I pulled into the train station I noticed it was raining. I thought it would be fun to walk up the hill to the hostel and get a little wet. The walk is about 15 minutes because the house is pretty secluded. It was on this walk I got a better idea of how intense a tropical rain storm can be. I was in an ankle deep stream the entire walk up the hill. When I reached the top I emptyed out well over an inch of water from my "water proof" day bag. I was pretty suprised that the house I was staying at didn't just slide down into the city.

I will be picking up my visa on Friday, and leaving immediatly after that for Gongzou. The plan so far includes heading towards a place called tiger leaping gorge.