Don't tell me You walked all the way up (3 kilometers upstairs...). My legs hurt just from thinking about it.
Anyway, it seems You've got an unusual (in good sense) Holidays.
No, I took a
Limo-van up. The whole area is a national park, and there was a parking lot about 10 meters bellow the second shot. For the first one, I was just in front of the upper visitor's center. The Limo-van tour was more expensive than the regular mini-bus tour, but it was worth it.