Tuesday, October 17, 2006
A photo journal - Summer 2006, China - Part 7
Aug 22nd, 2006
7, my favourite number. That day was toughest day during the whole trip, yet my favourite day.
Before we set off, I was worried whether we were still able to hike the tiger leap gorge or not. On the same day, because of the rain, one car flipped over or hit by the rock, someone died from the accident. August is a rain season in that area. The boy in the picture gave us the wrong direction. Well, I still think he is cute with that basket on his back. Tiger leaping gorge, Yunnan.
Mother with two kids. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
Even though the sky clouded over, we were lucky that there was still some sunshine broke through. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
Taking pictures was my excuse to take breaks. hahahaha. Down there is Yangtze River. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan
On our way, we met this group of very nice people. We thought they were friends, but actually they were straingers to each other as well. They met in Lijiang the night before and decided to hike together. Again, dreaming ties all mankind together. The next day, after we left, they continued their way to Meili snow mountain.
Villages on the mountain. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
I guess cause it was overcast, all the sunflower were facing the ground. Come on, look up and smile at me! Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
The guy walking ahead, I call him Xiaopang (means little chubby in Chinese). He was hilarious. Along the trail, there were some locals try to get people ride horses instead of walking. As soon as they saw xiaopang, they believed he would become one of those who give up halfway and choose to have an easier life on the back of the horse. So that they followed xiaopang all the way. Everytime xiaopang stopped to take a break to catch his breathe, they just rested next to him and waited. This made me laugh all the way. It was funny that both sides were pretty insistent till the night fell. The locals were right. Xiaopang turned in and ended up on the horse's back.
I believe this is the same village as the one in the previous pictures. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
You can see the change of my poses in the pictures. I think at that point, I didn't want to miss a single chance to sit my ass on something, anything.
While he was having his fun, I was taking breath.
Frog? Toad?
I like this one. Me looks like only 13. hahahaha
Mountain, I miss you, miss you so much!
This is last picture from that day. After 8 hours hiking, we made it to the Halfway hostel at 10:30 at night. Shortly after I took this picture, a flashlight became our only source of light. At one point, the light reflected on a pair of dog's eyes while the only sound we could hear was the dog's barking, for sure not in a friendly way. In the end, we ran into the same group of nice people and found our way together to the hostel. By the time we got there, everyone was very happy. That was the sense of achievement. The owner of the hostel honored every single one of us a cup of baijiu (chinese rice wine) to show his appreciation. That was a good day indeed. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
7, my favourite number. That day was toughest day during the whole trip, yet my favourite day.
Before we set off, I was worried whether we were still able to hike the tiger leap gorge or not. On the same day, because of the rain, one car flipped over or hit by the rock, someone died from the accident. August is a rain season in that area. The boy in the picture gave us the wrong direction. Well, I still think he is cute with that basket on his back. Tiger leaping gorge, Yunnan.
Mother with two kids. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
Even though the sky clouded over, we were lucky that there was still some sunshine broke through. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
Taking pictures was my excuse to take breaks. hahahaha. Down there is Yangtze River. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan
On our way, we met this group of very nice people. We thought they were friends, but actually they were straingers to each other as well. They met in Lijiang the night before and decided to hike together. Again, dreaming ties all mankind together. The next day, after we left, they continued their way to Meili snow mountain.
Villages on the mountain. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
I guess cause it was overcast, all the sunflower were facing the ground. Come on, look up and smile at me! Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
The guy walking ahead, I call him Xiaopang (means little chubby in Chinese). He was hilarious. Along the trail, there were some locals try to get people ride horses instead of walking. As soon as they saw xiaopang, they believed he would become one of those who give up halfway and choose to have an easier life on the back of the horse. So that they followed xiaopang all the way. Everytime xiaopang stopped to take a break to catch his breathe, they just rested next to him and waited. This made me laugh all the way. It was funny that both sides were pretty insistent till the night fell. The locals were right. Xiaopang turned in and ended up on the horse's back.
I believe this is the same village as the one in the previous pictures. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
You can see the change of my poses in the pictures. I think at that point, I didn't want to miss a single chance to sit my ass on something, anything.
While he was having his fun, I was taking breath.
Frog? Toad?
I like this one. Me looks like only 13. hahahaha
Mountain, I miss you, miss you so much!
This is last picture from that day. After 8 hours hiking, we made it to the Halfway hostel at 10:30 at night. Shortly after I took this picture, a flashlight became our only source of light. At one point, the light reflected on a pair of dog's eyes while the only sound we could hear was the dog's barking, for sure not in a friendly way. In the end, we ran into the same group of nice people and found our way together to the hostel. By the time we got there, everyone was very happy. That was the sense of achievement. The owner of the hostel honored every single one of us a cup of baijiu (chinese rice wine) to show his appreciation. That was a good day indeed. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan.
