From “Visit Miyun“:
Yunmeng Mountain National Forest Park extends over 2208 acres of land in the western part of Miyun. The main peak is 1414m high and the forest is lush with abundant plants and wildlife.
Last week I was out and about quite a lot until the weather deteriorated towards the weekend. On Sunday I decided to go walkies and ended up getting a long distance bus to Yunmeng Mountain ((云蒙山)) in Miyun District (密云) – which is a lovely scenic rural region to the north of Beijing. The mountain is over 1400m in height, amongst the highest of the mountains surrounding Beijing. Despite much lack of exercise recently, I still managed to stride up to the top despite the hot sun beating down and covered what should have been a three hour route in just an hour and a half – obviously my lungs haven’t been completely smogged out yet.
On top, I ran into some Chinese students who had just finished their exams and were also out for the day. We chatted for a while and in the end I walked down the mountain together with them. It turned out that they were local to the area and one of them had a house just by the entrance to the park. They invited me over for lunch and we all enjoyed an assortment of homely Chinese dishes along with some ice-cool beverages. It was lovely to meet such hospitable people and I think they also enjoyed chatting to a foreigner as most tourists don’t like to venture that far out of Beijing.
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