Daredevil tourists enjoy luxury banquet... 6,500ft in the air

Visitors with a head for heights trekked up Mount Laojun in China to partake of free-flowing seafood and wine

Food lovers enjoy a banquet held along the edge of a cliff, at Laojun Mountain in Luoyang in China's central Henan province. The banquet was held on a mountain cliff 2,000m (6,500ft) above sea level to attract tourists. AFP

Tourists enjoy the view as they eat. AFP

The diners dig into their meals among the pine trees on the cliff edge. AFP

The 2000m-high banquet was popular. AFP

An aerial view of the banquet. AFP

An aerial view of the banquet. AFP

Tourists squeeze by other guests to reach their seats on the cliff edge. AFP

Staff serve food to the guests in attendance. AFP

Hundreds of hardy tourists ate seafood and drank wine on the side of Mount Laojun in China some 6,500ft in the air.

The luxury repast, which was part of a summer festival in Henan Province, was held on tables set up over a six-foot-wide footpath attached to the side of the rockface.

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