Yu Dai Hu

I can't believe we've lived here for almost two years and only just recently visited this park. It's AWESOME! Yu Dai Hu is out on the edge of our city and it's a total escape from the busyness that surrounds us downtown near our apartment. It's around a small lake and there are so many things to do out there! It's like a small amusement park only with some homemade stuff thrown in the mix! haha...sounds totally unsafe! But it sure was fun!

On our way out there our taxi driver made some calls and got us in for free! It pays to be the whitey foreigner!

The only thing that maybe wasn't quite up to par was the "Pony Rides" ... which we didn't partake in! :) But we took pictures because the horses looked a little neglected and needed some attention.

These are some of the "homemade" toys. They were a lot of fun!
In the first one it's like a big carousel, and the guys in the middle were pushing it. :)

And then there was....wait for it..."The Flying Trapeze" (aka zip line) over part of the lake. Brandon went on it twice. I was less brave because the "landing area" was about 4 feet long and then you either face planted into a dirt embankment or successfully ran up a flight up wooden steps. I didn't want to risk it! :)

The bridges over the lake all looked like this...(ignore the dufus look on my face)

and Brandon's favorite part:

The lady in the picture was telling Brandon not to go too fast. And then right after that he peeled out. woops...

There was a huge ferris wheel too. eh...a little creepy. And a huge roller coaster, which we totally wanted to ride, but we left early because the wind was beginning to make Eden crazy.
Here's the picture from the top of the ferris wheel...you probably can't tell much from the picture but I just wanted to post it to give you an idea of the grey sky around our city!

I'm posting this picture just for fun. We see this all the time, but just happened to have our camera this time coming home from Yu Dai Hu.