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Bamboo Mountain

If your first thought was " Hey, that's a lot of bamboo," you were correct. But then again, what else would you expect from a place called Bamboo Mountain? Whether or not that's its official name, I will don't know. All I can say is bamboo abounds.

 Bamboo Mountain is filled with a large bamboo forest. And along a winding climbing road is a place called The Bamboo Restaurant. Once again I must pause and question whether that is its real name or just a nickname given by the local population. Doesn't matter, because once again bamboo abounds.

Bamboo building.

Bamboo tables.

Even bamboo bowls!

The food was cooked over a bamboo fire, in a bamboo stalk.

And in case you were wondering, yes, the food was even served in the bamboo stalks.

The ultimate... bamboo shoots being eaten in a bamboo bowl. 

Besides being unique, it tasted fabulous!

So basically I ate bamboo, in a bamboo bowl, on a bamboo table, in a bamboo structure. in a bamboo forest, on a bamboo mountain. Any questions?

Did I mention the bamboo cannon?

The view was pretty spectacular, too!

After our lunch, we climbed back into our vehicles and continued up the winding climbing road. Actually, road would be an exaggeration. Carl defined it as more of a paved cow path with the word paved being another slight exaggeration. At one point the road was only wide enough for one vehicle, on a curve, with NO guard rail, and a very large drop off.  

The road dead ended at the very top. It was here that our bamboo adventure continued. Surprisingly, we were not the only people at the top. Some were enjoying the view. Others were dining at a restaurant. A restaurant? All the way up here? Crazy!!

Evidently, a television news crew felt it was just crazy enough  to share with their audience. The reporter's goal was to film someone digging up bamboo shoots to be served in the restaurant. Before we knew it, we were being led down through the bamboo forest with the bamboo expert to dig up bamboo shoots with a special bamboo tool.

Both Carl and Abbi were filmed and interviewed about their experience.

From the top to the bottom, Bamboo Mountain was filled with fun, delicious food, gorgeous scenery, and unique that-will-never-happen again adventure!

This is the only monkey that was out and about!