EverestHello there! I'm at the top of big old Mount Everest. You know there are many interesting things about Everest. It is the tallest mountain on Earth, rising to 29,035 feet, and it continues to grow. It is located in China, Tibet and Nepal and is 60 million years old. It was formed by two tectonic plates pushing against each other and forming a mountain that grows by an inch every year. This mountain can be snowy, cold, have winds up to 180 mph, be -75F or be sunny and warm and 90F. Everyone (including me) who climbs this mountain needs oxygen tanks because of the high altitude (it's pretty scary). Sir George Everest discovered the mountain, hence its name, in 1841. The names given to it in Nepal and Tibet, according to locals, both mean goddess of the sky or the universe. 4,042 people, excluding me, have climbed Mount Everest while 248 people have sadly died attempting to climb the mountain. The 40-day trek on one of 18 different routes is very challenging. the youngest to climb the mountain was 13 while the oldest was 80. The second largest river in China is the Yellow River, where I was before Everest. The Mother River, as China calls it, is 3,395 miles long. It begins in the Kunlun Mountains in Qinghai Province and passes through nine other provinces until emptying into the Yellow Sea. It owes its yellow color to the ground it crosses and around. Hey, I just visited Siddhartha Gautama's hometown; Lumbini, Nepal. Also now cast is Siddhartha Gautama as the Buddha, a religious philosopher from the 6th century BC. Buddha means “the Enlightened One” and his father was king of India and Siddhartha was prince of India. His father and others said that Siddhartha would be a great leader and a great man. Sid...... middle of paper ...... they were discovered to be broken but are now put back together. Ahhh, the Maliandao tea market in China, a 1500 meter long street that sells tea, tea and I mean tea? Yes, tea. so many types like green, black, jasmine, oolong and many more types. This market has sellers open 24 hours a day and many like to negotiate the price with you because it's somewhat of a culture thing. A building has three floors dedicated to tea; where they prepare and pour tea in front of you like a hibachi chef. I'm outside the Foxconn Iphone factory campus, where the spirit of Steve Jobs comes to life. This facility is China's largest electronics manufacturer, with approximately 13 factories located across a 1.16-mile campus. Many people call this "Foxconn City", where employees work 12 hours a day six days a week for their economy and our technology.