Katoomba and the Blue Mountains

This weekend I got the opportunity to go to Katoomba for $20 with 19 other international students at CSU, which seemed like a pretty good deal, and I heard some good things about the Blue Mountains so I went.
We had to be ready at around 8am for the bus which took two hours, so we were in Katoomba at around 10. Then we got a bite to eat and made our way to another bus to get to Scenic World which is a place with a cable way, world's steepest rail, and some walkways through the rain forest.

Cableway at Scenic World in the Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains

After Scenic World we got on the trolley and made our way to Gordon Falls to get some more spectacular views of the Blue Mountains. 

Near Gordon Falls before we got drenched

We were able to get some pictures in, and then we saw some dark ominous clouds heading our way, but hoped it would hold off. Our hoping didn't work very well, so we quickly got all our cameras and everything wrapped in a waterproof jacket and put in a backpack and then the rain came. Us three north americans got totally drenched when the rain started hitting. And when we got to where we thought we needed to be, the trolly never came (or it was way late) so us three soaked guys were able to get a ride from two girls that were doing some camping the area.

Overall it was a good trip and something I will not soon forget being in the rainforest getting drenched in a large rain storm and trying to get back to Katoomba. Not sure what I am doing next weekend quite yet, but in two weeks I will be going to New Zealand during the fall break.