Occasionally the trail broke out to the woods and we would find spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
All of the temples have a paved road leading up to them. The trail usually goes more or less straight up but the roads zigzag and a many times longer than the trails, although less steep. At this point we emerged from the woods to follow the road for a few hundred meters, giving us a fantastic view.
Then it was back into the woods again. Because of the rain clouds, the woods were almost as dark as night. Although on the way down from this mountain, we did walk in the dark and it was
really black. The next picture shows a little stream we paralleled for a ways. The white rectangle on the right is a sign marking the Henro Trail.
Another picture of the stream and the foreboding woods around us. One thing that was strange was the almost complete silence. As I said, there were no birds and we did not see or hear small animals. What other sounds there may have been were completely masked by the rain.
After a long, long day, we finally reached the temple. As you can see from the piece of sky visible through the trees, it was not dark yet,but under the trees it was a constant twilight.
All of the temples have a paved road leading up to them. The trail usually goes more or less straight up but the roads zigzag and a many times longer than the trails, although less steep. At this point we emerged from the woods to follow the road for a few hundred meters, giving us a fantastic view.
Then it was back into the woods again. Because of the rain clouds, the woods were almost as dark as night. Although on the way down from this mountain, we did walk in the dark and it was really black. The next picture shows a little stream we paralleled for a ways. The white rectangle on the right is a sign marking the Henro Trail.
Another picture of the stream and the foreboding woods around us. One thing that was strange was the almost complete silence. As I said, there were no birds and we did not see or hear small animals. What other sounds there may have been were completely masked by the rain.
After a long, long day, we finally reached the temple. As you can see from the piece of sky visible through the trees, it was not dark yet,but under the trees it was a constant twilight.
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