• 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
    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
    Tourists enjoy the view as they eat. AFP
  • The diners dig into their meals among the pine trees on the cliff edge. AFP
    The diners dig into their meals among the pine trees on the cliff edge. AFP
  • The 2000m-high banquet was popular. AFP
    The 2000m-high banquet was popular. AFP
  • An aerial view of the banquet. AFP
    An aerial view of the banquet. 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
    Tourists squeeze by other guests to reach their seats on the cliff edge. AFP
  • Staff serve food to the guests in attendance. AFP
    Staff serve food to the guests in attendance. AFP

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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

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July 10, 2018

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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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