Mountain Blogging

11/4/07 am, Sunday. I didn't sleep more than 5-6 hours... so got up and learned how to blog a site; created one for my son's movie production... and one for this trip! The sun is coming up over the mountains and it promises to be a beautiful view at the Retreat House today. We chose this spot over hotels b/c it is so beautiful here... a getaway from the city.. AND because it is ~$35 a night (including breakfast) compared to $130-$180 with the other hotels we considered. It is a little harder to get here as the taxis have to climb the mountain and don't even come all the way to the gate. We have to walk down the mountain road about 7 minutes to the closest apartment complex to catch taxis down. No problem. It is worth it for this location. This place was designed as a Lutheran mission to local Buddhists. See http://www.tfscc.org/firstindexeng.htm