our home for one night... there's still construction going on around it. apparently thats why there was NO HOT WATER and NO HEATER. i froze every time i used the water to wash face / brush teeth... it was the first time my knees trembled and buckled under me for the 5 mins i was in the toilet.
me looking forlornly at our very sad looking accomodation.
*gasp* the grandeur of the sheer HEIGHT of these mountains! it was amusing to see the guys cower when standing along the hand rail... and throw pieces of rocks down just to see how long it takes to reach rock bottom. why frighten yourself? GUYS. -_-"
spot the little blue area in the picture... water =) makes everything more picturesque, doesn't it?
taken some where mid- mountain... after a while, the mountains tend to all look the same. think you also can't tell the difference from looking at the pictures ya? too bad, you gotta be there to see for yourself.
stairs... never ending stairs... just an exmaple of how horrific the flights of stairs can be. we climbed from 1pm-7pm on the first day, 9am-1pm on the second. all stairs. ALL STAIRS!! i think i even dreamt of stairs in between.
some of the rock formations are really quite interesting. see the figure on the bottom right hand corner? thats supposed to be zhu1 ba1 jie4. you know, the pig from journey to the west. can u see it?
wenshan and shawn duelling on the mountain top... lol... i have so many of their silly action poses! next time when they become rich and famous lawers... i'm gonna splash their pictures all over the station / papers / where ever im gonna work. haha.
i hear dead people! lionel obviously cant hear them though. haha =P
ok this is not really a funny shot but i like it! taken by shui... we're just sitting and admiring the sprawling beauty laid out before us =)
The Posed Shots - Of precarious shots and endless smiles
with wensen... he's the KING of zi4 pai1 and making himself look good! yeap yeap i sense that chris is gonna say something about the guy on the right... cause she has no cute guys and no dar dar. wah laoz... qian and vanny dont so gross about your dar dars leh. its already quite cold in shanghai... haha...
anyway wensen's another singaporean here at fudan! future chinese teacher of your kids... haha... there's hope in singapore after all.
this is one dangerous shot man... we are in fact sitting behind the chains... so. one little mis step. and me and shui will die ugly in the mountains and be eaten by wild geese.
with grace (our korean friend!) isnt the background gorgeous!! =D
we started the climb fresh, happy, exhilarated, and awed by our surroundings... and.. a few hours later...
we qualify for a corpse photoshoot. look at our exhausted faces... someone shoot us and be done with it!!!
Encounters along the Way - Of very expensive cup noodles
halfway down the mountain. we went to an extremely expensive restaurant. lionel bought a 15 RMB cupnoodles and like, 6 or 7 of us shared. back in shanghai... its 3RMB. THEY INFLATED THE PRICE 5 TIMES!!! and soon we found out why it was so expensive...
they use human labour to transport the food up the mountain! as the cable cars dont reach ALL the places on the mountain, human labour is most often the cheapest way to being food and supplies up. we heard its 20 RMB (4 sing) for one trip up the mountain. one trip can possibly take up to one day you know... gawds....
of course, there are people who were hired to carry people up the stairs. the price they charged was crazy.
The Classic Shots - Of Talent by yours truly
in all, a satisfying trip with some quiet time alone too... thanks FUSSA for organizing this trip! =)