South India 2007/2008
15 Dec 07
This is Shore Temple, built in the 7th century.
15 Dec 07
Why shore temple? coz it is by the Bay of Bengal.
15 Dec 07
This village is famous for its carvings, so much so it is now world heritage.
15 Dec 07
This is one of the mandapams, carved out from a single rock.
15 Dec 07
The whole hill is full of mandapams and structures.
15 Dec 07
This is another shrine carved out of a rock.
15 Dec 07
The reason why this place is chosen for mandapams is obvious. Rocks everywhere.
16 Dec 07
We travelled by overnight bus, reach Trichy in the wee hrs of the morn.
16 Dec 07
Kept our bags in the cloak room, we took 1hr bus to Thanjavur.
16 Dec 07
Brihadishwara Temple, a temple built in 1010, is a world heritage site.
16 Dec 07
It is a crowning glory of Chola architecture.
16 Dec 07
The tallest vimana is about 13 storey high. We took bus back to Trichy.
16 Dec 07
Then to Rock Fort Temple perched at 83m high outcrop.
16 Dec 07
First established by the Pallavas, the Nayaks made it what it is today.
16 Dec 07
It was a stiff climb up 437 steps.
16 Dec 07
View from the top. We took an evening bus to Madurai, stayed at Sree Devi Hotel.
17 Dec 07
The best part abt staying at Sree Devi is the view from the top of the hotel.
17 Dec 07
We strolled the streets in the morning. The pple here use underground water.
17 Dec 07
Local pple were always ready to pose for our cameras.
17 Dec 07
Sri Meenakshi Temple is designed in 1560 in Dravidian style.
17 Dec 07
There are many carved pillars within. There is a 1000-pillar hall.
17 Dec 07
I doubt there are that many pillars. But it is grand all the same.
17 Dec 07
Water tank that uses underground water. The water table is getting lower though.
17 Dec 07
The gopurams range between 45-50m in height.
17 Dec 07
Its history goes back 2000 years to the time Madurai was a Pandyan capital.
17 Dec 07
That night, we took overnight bus to Kanyakumari, the southern tip of India.
18 Dec 07
Kanyakumari is full of prigrims bathing.
18 Dec 07
It is the meeting point of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
18 Dec 07
This is Vivekananda Memorial. He was Indian's most religious crusader.
18 Dec 07
He meditated here before embarking on a setting out on his crusade journey.
18 Dec 07 (40.5m)
Tamil poet Thiruvaluvar. During tsunami, the wave was as high as the statue!
18 Dec 07
Took taxi to Varkala. We had a sumptious dinner at this restaurant.
19 Dec 07
Did not see a glorious sunset nor sunset. See how cloudy it was.
19 Dec 07
The cliff turns red under the setting sun. Now you can only imagine how it looks
19 Dec 07
A-mohs lazing on the beach. Big waves, mind you.
19 Dec 07
There is a Tibetian market on the cliffs.
19 Dec 07
The waves are strong, got my bikini almost washed off me!
19 Dec 07
BTW, did I say the restaurants and amentities are at the clifftop?
19 Dec 07
This Indian said he had worked in S'pore. But I think he liked his current one.
19 Dec 07
Strange asian woman swirling this pole to workout?
19 Dec 07
I walked over to the Indian beach just a distance away.
19 Dec 07
It was full of indians in sari and punjabi. No one in bikini or bathing suit.
19 Dec 07
The guys can strip down to their sarongs, but gals can't.
19 Dec 07
Maynard, friend and colleague. An adventurous warrior.
19 Dec 07
Photographer warrior and her Olympus camera.
19 Dec 07
Photographer warrior trying out this composition. What do you think?
19 Dec 07
We bought a pineapple and the lady cut it up in 5 seconds! Very juicy pineapple.
19 Dec 07
1/3 rule. See the sea level at 1/3 the photo. We left for Allepey by train.
19 Dec 07
Salsa friend and travel warrior, Paul. We took Chair Class, cheapest class.
19 Dec 07
Reach Allepey. We went to a funfair there.
19 Dec 07
Pirate ship and ferris wheel
19 Dec 07
There were many people.
19 Dec 07
A sari-cladded DJ blasting Indian pops.
20 Dec 07
There was a temple celebration too.
20 Dec 07
And night market selling local sweets.
20 Dec 07
We bought some to try.
20 Dec 07
We boarded our houseboat to tour the backwaters, a boat wholly our own!
20 Dec 07
The backwaters is a 900km network of waterways fringing the coast and inland.
20 Dec 07
There are small villages fringing the backwaters.
20 Dec 07
The water is the lifeline of these villagers. They bathe, w ash, drink from here
20 Dec 07
20 Dec 07
The backwaters is often called the "God's own country".
20 Dec 07
Due to agriculture, water is heavily polluted by nutrients. Highly euthrophic.
20 Dec 07
Houseboats are modelled after their local boats called kettuvallam (rice barge).
20 Dec 07
Boat hull is coated with cashew nut resins, not a single bolt and nut is used.
20 Dec 07
We walked around the villages. Not exactly exciting.
20 Dec 07
I think our operator did not bring us to villages that had more to offer.
20 Dec 07
Young kids came pandering after us for pens. We did not have any.
20 Dec 07
At least, I gave them the bag I meant to give away in the first place.
20 Dec 07
That night, we stayed on our banked houseboat. Drank beer and played cards.
21 Dec 07
Sunrise over backwaters
21 Dec 07
This was our bedroom. 2 double bedrooms in our boat
21 Dec 07
Clean toilet. Better than most toilets in the various hotels we stayed.
21 Dec 07
Village activities
21 Dec 07
People bathing and swimming in the water.
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We took train to Pallakad to visit Paul's manager. A mother I met on the train.
21 Dec 07
Train station
21 Dec 07
Food vendors selling samosa. Paul's mgr picked us up from the train station.
21 Dec 07
We played fire crackers and sparklers at night.
22 Dec 07
Paul's manager's son is afraid of sparklers.
22 Dec 07
We went trekking.
22 Dec 07
Does this look like a girl lying down?
22 Dec 07
We went to reptile park.
22 Dec 07
And also to a dam. We intended to take the cable lift, but it was not operating.
22 Dec 07
So we went to this park that is created from junk.
22 Dec 07
A local artist created statues, wall murals from waste glass, plastics, ceramics
22 Dec 07
Went to upstream of the dam. Water receeding due to dry season
22 Dec 07
22 Dec 07
Went to wash my hands by the lake. A water snake slid past me!
22 Dec 07
This is the car we rented for the day.
22 Dec 07
We took cable lift.
22 Dec 07
View from cable lift as it glided overhead past gardens and dam.
22 Dec 07
The downstream of the dam has become a place for leisure for the public.
22 Dec 07
Strolling on the dam.
22 Dec 07
22 Dec 07
View of garden from the dam
22 Dec 07
Jian Cheng on the bridge across the dam
22 Dec 07
The bridge has a loading of 50 pple, but locals usually overloaded 2 times!
23 Dec 07
We took bus to Mettupalayam on 22 Dec. On 23 Dec, we took the train to Ooty.
23 Dec 07
Our tickets were first class waiting list. Paid first class yet stood for 5hrs!
23 Dec 07
Since no 1st class seats, those on waiting list were allocated 2 free seating
23 Dec 07
coaches packed with all FC and normal class waiting list pple!
23 Dec 07
Since we did not get up early to occupy seats (and not budge), we had to stand.
23 Dec 07
The train stopped many times to cool the coal-powered engine.
23 Dec 07
The train passed waterfalls, bridges, tunnels and tea plantations.
23 Dec 07
At Ooty, we rode for 3hrs into tea plantations.
23 Dec 07
We enjoyed the ride every much.
23 Dec 07
I think the best riding I had in my life is in Xinjiang.
23 Dec 07
Especially the ride from Kenasi lake to Baihe village. Tea plantation.
23 Dec 07
Toda village.
23 Dec 07
Dismounted for photo-taking coz it was not possible to take photos on a horse.
23 Dec 07
Tea plantation
23 Dec 07
Maynard and Paul
23 Dec 07
Took this from our lawn at night. Shutter speed priority 10sec. Moon with trees.
23 Dec 07
Ooty at night from our lawn.
24 Dec 07
Exactly the same composition as the moony photo except it was day.
24 Dec 07
Flowers from our lawn
24 Dec 07
The owner of Reflection Guesthouse loves gardening.
24 Dec 07
We went to the Botanic Gardens.
24 Dec 07
And also walked around the town. That night, we took a mini-bus to Mysore.
24 Dec 07
Went to the night market near the palace. Stall selling Gobi Manchurian.
25 Dec 07
Paul's mgr said it was a famous chinese dish in India. Near heard of such dish.
25 Dec 07
We also went to eat roti prata. The first roti prata we had in India!
25 Dec 07
The clock at a square near our hotel.
25 Dec 07
We went to Chamundi Temple.
25 Dec 07
There was a temple celebration at Chamundi Temple
25 Dec 07
25 Dec 07
A bird's eye view of Mysore city from here. Hazy & polluted
25 Dec 07
Prigrims usu climbed up the stone steps to Chamundi Temple. We took bus up.
25 Dec 07
Maynard at the giant Nandi halfway down the steps.
25 Dec 07
Hand painted movie poster at a cinema.
25 Dec 07
The former palace was burnt down in 1897. This one was designed by an English.
25 Dec 07
The present one was built at Rs 4.5 million in 1912.
25 Dec 07
It has a mixture of Indian, Muslim and European architecture
25 Dec 07
There are Hindu temples within the palace grounds.
25 Dec 07
We were not allowed to bring in cameras into the palace, so no interior photos.
25 Dec 07
25 Dec 07
Mysore streets.
25 Dec 07
Market square. We bought passion fruits.
25 Dec 07
Market square
25 Dec 07
Market square
25 Dec 07
This pic was taken from a balcony of a sari shop which I tried out Punjabi suit.
25 Dec 07
Mysore temple at night was illuminated by thousands of bulbs.
25 Dec 07
Temple celebration at Mysore palace.
25 Dec 07
We booked a car to bring us to Somnathpur, Srirangapatnam & Sravanabelagola.
26 Dec 07
First stop: Somnathpur. It is one of the 3 jewels of Hoysala temples.
26 Dec 07
The Hoysala temples were built at the apex of Hindu cultural development.
26 Dec 07
Elephants at the base represent stability.
26 Dec 07
Ceiling carvings within the temple.
26 Dec 07
Temple entrance
26 Dec 07
Guess who is this?
26 Dec 07
Post box where you can post to your friends with a stamp of Somnathpur.
26 Dec 07
Tipu Sultan's palace. It has 3 wall size murals of Mysore War 1,2,3.
26 Dec 07
Final stop at Sravanabelagola. We climbed up 614 stone steps to take photos.
26 Dec 07
Sunset over Sravanabelagola
27 Dec 07
We climbed up again for sunrise. This is the feet of Gomateshvara statue
27 Dec 07
Priest blessing pilgrims
27 Dec 07
A true prigrim will strip of clothes before prostrating himself at the feet of
27 Dec 07
Gomateshvara statue. He was the prince who renounced his kingdom and meditate to
27 Dec 07
enlightenment. After an enlightening morning, we left for Halebid.
27 Dec 07
Halebid is the capital of Hoysala. This was built around 1121.
27 Dec 07
Even after 80 years, it was never fully completed.
27 Dec 07
The carvings on the walls and pillars are exquisite.
27 Dec 07
This was taken at Halebid, the previous was at Somnathpur.
27 Dec 07
Waited for 1hr 45min for bus to come. Journey's 30min. Buffalo might be faster.
28 Dec 07
Belur's Channekeshava Temple is another jewel of Hoysala temples.
28 Dec 07
Built in 1116, it was to commemorate Hoysala's victory over the Cholas.
28 Dec 07
We met a lot of students on school tours. They were facinated with our cameras.
28 Dec 07
The ceilings were well decorated with carvings.
28 Dec 07
On the walls are thousands of wall carvings depicting of female dancers & 4 men.
28 Dec 07
I mean, other than wall carvings of gods. This is Vishnu's 4th incarnation.
28 Dec 07
There are 48 columns in the temple, and none are similar.
28 Dec 07
28 Dec 07
A group photo in front of the temple is a must, but look at the crowd...
28 Dec 07
We took a 4hr bus to Kulshanagar where there was a Tibetian settlement.
28 Dec 07
We intended to sleep here illegally without PAP, but heard security was tight.
29 Dec 07
We stayed at Kaveri Guesthouse instead. Morn, we visited Dubare elephant camp.
29 Dec 07
Took auto here as there was no public transport.
29 Dec 07
The mist had just lifted from the river. A lama refreshing himself.
29 Dec 07
The elephant camp was an intimate hands-on experience. I bathed them!
29 Dec 07
There were 11 elephants here. 2 died of food infection last year.
29 Dec 07
Since there were no public transport, we had to walk 1.2km to a sub-main road.
29 Dec 07
And flagged a lorry out to the main road. On the lorry...
29 Dec 07
From near Kushalnagar, we went back to the Tibetian settlement.
29 Dec 07
The Tibetians first settled here when Tibet was invaded by the Chinese in 1959.
29 Dec 07
India granted them 1200ha of land. Famous for the Golden Temple and university.
30 Dec 07
We took 4hr bus to Madikeri. Early morn, we went to see sunrise at Raja Seat.
30 Dec 07
Raja Seat was the place where the raja loved to laze with his concubines.
30 Dec 07
Why? because it has great views of the valleys, esp during sunrise & sunset.
30 Dec 07
We went to Abbi falls. There was no public transport so auto there was expensive
30 Dec 07
The scenery is just ordinary. Advise not to come here. Took bus to Mangalore.
30 Dec 07
Just in time for sunset. We went to the 1st shopping centre during our trip.
30 Dec 07
Ate Pizza Hut (no Pizza elsewhere in our trip). Watched a Hindi movie "Welcome".
31 Dec 07
This day was reserved purely for shopping. Also visited a Hindu temple.
31 Dec 07
Hadn't we seen enough of temples? Took overnight train to Kochi. Class 2AC.
01 Jan 08
Reached Kochi at 4am. We went to Mattancherry to catch the sunrise.
01 Jan 08
Ferry started operating at 7am
01 Jan 08
Traditional boat. A modern harbour in the background.
01 Jan 08
Crows everywhere as there are chicken parts everywhere e.g. feet, innards etc
01 Jan 08
Cantilever chinese fishing nets from traders of Kubla Khan court.
01 Jan 08
Kochi is not clean and green at all. Rubbish everywhere, what spoiler.
01 Jan 08
A Kochi-Kathmundu race by auto. Participants need to buy an auto of S$4000+.
01 Jan 08
After ayurvedic massage, we rushed to the fishing nets for sunset.
01 Jan 08
After sunset, we rushed to Kathakali Centre for kathakali performance.
01 Jan 08
1.5hr was reserved for make-up. We came in just in time for the final touches.
01 Jan 08
The actual show started at 7pm. The person-in-charge explained the make-up etc.
01 Jan 08
Lighting the candles to pray before the performance.
01 Jan 08
Audience
01 Jan 08
He explained the art of Kathakali and the revival of this dying art.
01 Jan 08
Drummer
01 Jan 08
The meaning of eye gestures.
01 Jan 08
Bad guy usually in colourfully make-up.
01 Jan 08
Story abt queen's brother seducing a maid-in-waiting. She was an undercover.
01 Jan 08
She rejected his advances & complained to her husband, an undercover prince.
01 Jan 08
Undercover in an enemy kingdom, he had no quaints killing the bad guy. Home...
Java Heritage 2007
18 Aug 07
Surabaya Kya Kya, also called Chinatown, is modelled after Clarke Quay.
18 Aug 07
It was closed for National Day, so we went wayang for dinner. Great beef noodles
19 Aug 07
Jia2 & Lens came after midnight, we spent the whole day getting to Bromo.
20 Aug 07
Booked a jeep for dawn Bromo tour. The smoking volcano is Bromo
20 Aug 07
Dawn breaking over Bromo.
20 Aug 07
Jia2 & me. The volcano in the furtherest background is Mt Semeru.
20 Aug 07
The symmetrical conical volcano is Mt Batok
20 Aug 07
A sea of volcanoes within the bigger crater.
20 Aug 07
Mt Semeru will throw ash into the air every 20min or so.
20 Aug 07
Semeru is the highest volcano in Indonesia. Wanna climb it next year?
20 Aug 07
Vendors selling breakfast at the viewing point.
20 Aug 07
The jeep took us to the foot of Bromo. We climbed up a slope to the stairs.
20 Aug 07
Crater of Bromo. During festivals, pple throw in live chicken and flowers.
20 Aug 07
Stairs leading to Bromo. You can opt to ride up the slope.
20 Aug 07
Me at the edge of Bromo crater
20 Aug 07
Jia2 at the edge of Bromo crater
20 Aug 07
After breakfast, we strolled around the village.
20 Aug 07
Sun tanning after a refreshing bath. This hostel is great and good value!
20 Aug 07
Since we had hours to waste, we tried out horse-riding.
20 Aug 07
Jia2 was first time at horse-riding but she was a natural at it.
20 Aug 07
There was no place to go but to foot of Bromo again. Hindu temple behind.
20 Aug 07
We had so much fun. SockKa did not join us, what a pity.
21 Aug 07
Took night mini-van to Yogyakarta. It was dawn when we reached there. Breakfast.
21 Aug 07
We rented 4 days of motorbike. 1st stop: Kraton (Palace)
21 Aug 07
The Kraton is a simple abode of the present governor/king of Yogya.
21 Aug 07
The guide took us to batik shop. Food vendors along the way.
21 Aug 07
2nd stop: Taman Sari, water palace for guests and consorts.
21 Aug 07
A very knowledgible guide. Taman Sari was used till the 2nd king.
21 Aug 07
Earthquake destroyed it & was in ruins till Portugese conserved it.
21 Aug 07
Coz it was the Portugese who designed/built.
21 Aug 07
Javanese king believed in Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. This motif is Hindu.
21 Aug 07
Lotus petals: Buddhism. The whole entrance faces Mecca.
21 Aug 07
Underground Mosque in the midst of tank. It was in ruins after the earthquake.
21 Aug 07
There was filming, so we started shuttering away. Model in Javanese costume.
21 Aug 07
Dancing traditional Javanese dance.
21 Aug 07
In much disuse, the servants of the king built houses within the tank area.
21 Aug 07
But now, they were to relocate as the land is reclaimed to rebuilt Taman Sari.
21 Aug 07
Ruins of Taman Sari & abodes of the king's servants, who weaves for the king.
21 Aug 07
The houses themselves are also part of the heritage of Yogyakarta.
21 Aug 07
What a sad affair for the weavers who weave the king & the culture of Java...
21 Aug 07
Guide's mum is also a weaver. Me in Balinese costume. Do I look very local?
21 Aug 07
We rode to Borobudur Manohara Hotel. It was a splendid place.
21 Aug 07
My intention was to catch the sunset over Borobudur but there was no sunset.
21 Aug 07
We bought the expensive sunrise package to catch the sunrise the next day.
22 Aug 07
Fantastic! The volcano is Mt Merapi, the most active volcano in the world!
22 Aug 07
Increased volcanic activity recently. Meant to go and see lava in Kalirurang.
22 Aug 07
This is at the upper tier of Borobudor
22 Aug 07
Mt Merapi
22 Aug 07
There are many domes with a meditating buddha in each dome
22 Aug 07
Some domes were missing exposing the Buddha within
22 Aug 07
And there are many domes with no or headless statues inside
22 Aug 07
Buddha in the dome
22 Aug 07
Illuminated by rising sun through the dome
22 Aug 07
The life of the Buddha is sculpted on the walls of Borobudor
22 Aug 07
There walls of Borobudor is full of Buddha statues
22 Aug 07
There was a very big earthquake in May 2006 in this region.
22 Aug 07
Prambanan & Yogya were very affected by the quake but Borobudor remains intact.
22 Aug 07
What miracle!
22 Aug 07
Raffles Stamford discovered Borobudor soon after he founded Singapore.
22 Aug 07
It was water logged and buried in volcanic ash. The muslims wanna destroy it.
22 Aug 07
But Borobudor was raised to World Heritage status & was saved from destruction.
22 Aug 07
Went to Candi Pawon and Mendut next. Within its chamber...
22 Aug 07
The walls of Candi Mendut are sculpted with meanful animal stories.
22 Aug 07
Tortoise was jealous pple praised geese of its own ingenious method of tranport.
22 Aug 07
It opened its mouth to rebuke but fell to his death instead.
22 Aug 07
Went to a Buddhist meditation temple nearby.
22 Aug 07
A tranquil place for meditation. It holds meditation courses too.
22 Aug 07
Kids at the buddhist temple
22 Aug 07
Within the Buddhist temple. We left for Kalirurang for the night.
23 Aug 07
Reach Prambanan at noon. We were so eager to see it that we went without lunch.
23 Aug 07
Prambanan suffered great damage in earthquake of 2006. Now fenced off.
23 Aug 07
So you can't go in to see the exquisite wall carvings within.
23 Aug 07
The stories carved on the walls are mainly that of Ramayana.
23 Aug 07
The 3 main gods worshipped here are Shiva (main), Vishnu and Bhrama.
23 Aug 07
And their transporters; Nandi for Shiva, Garuda for Vishnu etc.
23 Aug 07
SockKa and me
23 Aug 07
Lens, Jia2 and me @ Candi Sewu
23 Aug 07
There are many temple ruins in Prambanan complex. This is Candi Sewu.
23 Aug 07
Fine scultures
23 Aug 07
Fine scultures
23 Aug 07
Prambanan in the sunset
23 Aug 07
Prambanan in the sunset
23 Aug 07
Watched Ramayana Ballet. Prambanan in the background of the stage.
23 Aug 07
Demon king Ravana took a liking to Rama's wife, Sita, so he abducted her.
23 Aug 07
Rama & Sita were a loving couple. Rama was a king & Sita, a daughter of a king.
23 Aug 07
Hanuman was a monkey with magical powers. He decide to help Rama.
23 Aug 07
Hanuman broke into the Ravana's palace to check out Sita.
23 Aug 07
23 Aug 07
Ravana's sister sympatised with Sita.
23 Aug 07
Dancing servants of Ravana
23 Aug 07
Ravana's sister begged Ravana not to kill Sita who refused his advances.
23 Aug 07
Hanuman was caught by Ravana & was sentenced to death by fire.
23 Aug 07
Hanuman burnt the palace instead. War broke out. Rama and Ravana in battle.
23 Aug 07
Sita was released but Rama refused her as he thought Sita had being unfaithful.
23 Aug 07
Sita burnt herself to prove her faithfulness but fire did not burn her.
23 Aug 07
They reunited. another version said that Sita got pregnant & was banished.
23 Aug 07
The Javanese musical was great.
24 Aug 07
We went to more hindu temple ruins. This is Palosan temples.
24 Aug 07
Still in ruins and in a state of repair.
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Fields outside the ruins.
24 Aug 07
Lens saved a stray cat trapped under a rubble. Skinny, maybe trapped for days.
24 Aug 07
We went to Kraton Batu atop a hill. Same price as Prambanan; not worth it.
24 Aug 07
The entrance gates remain the most intact of the ruins.
24 Aug 07
Entrance gate
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See how ruined this is?
24 Aug 07
The palace used to cover a very big area, now mostly in ruins.
24 Aug 07
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Strange pools, perhaps used as bath tubs.
24 Aug 07
The boulders were taken away for building materials elsewhere.
24 Aug 07
After this, we rode back to Yogya & then head to Solo
25 Aug 07
This is a hostel managed by a royal family member.
25 Aug 07
Was his daughter's wedding on 24Aug, we were treated to excellent dishes.
25 Aug 07
There is even a room for gamelan (traditional Javanese music)
25 Aug 07
Solo Kraton
25 Aug 07
I think the hostel we stayed is better than a Kraton
25 Aug 07
We went to Puri Mangkunegaran by horse cart.
25 Aug 07
We went to Puri Mangkunegaran, the palace for the district king.
25 Aug 07
The palace is in a much better state than the Kraton.
25 Aug 07
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Back at the hostel, a group of students on heritage tour at the hostel.
26 Aug 07
Alone, as SockKa, Lens & Jia2 had left, I went to Madura for the bull race.
26 Aug 07
These bulls are groomed just for racing.
26 Aug 07
The sport is evolved as a leisure pastime for bored farmers.
26 Aug 07
Now it has become a popular sport. They will play gamelan to excite the bulls.
26 Aug 07
The bulls are well groomed for the occasion.
26 Aug 07
Some bulls are transported from other villages in such lorries.
26 Aug 07
Eager spectators waiting for the action to start.
26 Aug 07
Trophies for the winners.
26 Aug 07
Some even climbed up a wall to have better view of the race.
26 Aug 07
Pple holding onto the bulls to prevent them from running before the horn sounded
26 Aug 07
This kind lady let me deposit my backpack at her stall.
Lombok 2007
23 Jun 07
We reached Mataram and went straight to Kuta for surfing.
24 Jun 07
Too tired to surf the next day, so we went around visiting cultural villages.
24 Jun 07
The bottles you see behind Yiping contains 1 litre petrol costing Rp5,000.
24 Jun 07
Kuta Sunday Market, our first stop.
24 Jun 07
Then to the beach.
24 Jun 07
We climbed up a hill to take in the breathtaking view!
24 Jun 07
We went to Sade, a Sasak Traditional Village.
24 Jun 07
Our local guide showed us how they extract cotton.
24 Jun 07
Women weaving, and at the same time selling us products.
24 Jun 07
Sasak children
24 Jun 07
Sasak women combing hair under communal huts.
24 Jun 07
Sells paiintings. White from coral, brown from tamarind, red from betel nut.
24 Jun 07
We rode to Praya for lunch.
24 Jun 07
Then we rode to Sukarara, the village for traditional weaving.
24 Jun 07
This kind lady let me try weaving. A tedious job!
24 Jun 07
Sasak kids at Sukarara
24 Jun 07
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There was a traditional Sasak wedding nearby. Women stood in front, guys behind.
24 Jun 07
This was the bride. But why was she looking so solemn when everyone so happy?
24 Jun 07
Dancing troupe celebrating the hayyp union.
24 Jun 07
The chief dancer of the troupe doing solo dance.
24 Jun 07
Cheeky guys. We rode back to Kuta afterwards.
24 Jun 07
Along the way, there was massive traffic jam coz there were many weddings.
24 Jun 07
The wedding procession like this obstructed traffic. The motorbikes were ours.
24 Jun 07
Happy faces at the wedding procession.
24 Jun 07
Great scenery along the way back.
25 Jun 07
We went to Kuta Novotel to ask about diving package at Sekotong.
25 Jun 07
Novotel is such a beautiful resort. No wonder pple willing to pay US$120 a night
25 Jun 07
We were happy to take photos here even though we were not staying here.
25 Jun 07
We went to Sekotong for diving. We chose this place as it has better dive sites.
25 Jun 07
The kittens at Sekotong DiveZone.
25 Jun 07
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Our first dive, but the visibility was bad.
25 Jun 07
We did see nudibranch, the common ones though
25 Jun 07
Corals. Our DM brought us to play beach volley after our dive
25 Jun 07
The sunset over South Lombok, Sekotong.
26 Jun 07
Dive 2: the visibility was better, but not as good as Sipadan.
26 Jun 07
Corals and sponges.
26 Jun 07
A giant nudibranch, the biggest I ever seen
26 Jun 07
We had lunch at an island.
26 Jun 07
Dive 3: Visibility was the best
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Coral
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Nudibranch
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This is the DiveZone's beach
26 Jun 07
Pearl cultivation farm. See those bouys? This is where oysters grow on.
26 Jun 07
Turtle Island. The DiveZone staff promised us a BBQ at the beach.
26 Jun 07
So we jalan jalan till it was time for dinner. Sunset over Sekotong.
26 Jun 07
We ate the BBQ fish with rice the traditional way, i.e with hands.
27 Jun 07
This was our cheap lodging at Sekotong. Pp70,000 a night.
27 Jun 07
We had breakfast at the porch. We then got ready to leave Sekotong for Sengiggi.
27 Jun 07
Sekotong kids staring at us curiously.
27 Jun 07
Sekotong kids
27 Jun 07
Sasak girl tending the shop
27 Jun 07
We went on a day tour around Lombok's attractions. 1st stop: Gunung Pengsong.
27 Jun 07
We trekked up Gunung Pengsong. This place is a Balinese temple atop a hill.
27 Jun 07
Views from the top of Gunung Pengsong. You can see the fields and sea from here.
27 Jun 07
It was Galunoan, a day where Balinese pray for luck.
27 Jun 07
Balinese sculptures.
27 Jun 07
The Balinese pura on top of Gunung Pensong.
27 Jun 07
Balinese pura
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Then we went Pura Lingsar, which means the sound of water. This is Garuda.
27 Jun 07
Balinese altar
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Balinese praying
27 Jun 07
People bathing at the temple
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The Galunoan is also a time for catching up with friends.
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Mayura Water Palace. There was a grand traditional celebration later.
27 Jun 07
But we couldn't stay to watch as we needed to go to Sengiggi
27 Jun 07
The water fountain here only starts flowing on the day of celebration.
27 Jun 07
The last stop was Pura Meru.
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We reached Sengiggi just in time to watch the sunset.
28 Jun 07
We went to Gili Trawangan and rode 2 horse carriages around the isle
28 Jun 07
Group photo at Gili Trawangan
28 Jun 07
Turtle conservation project. These turtles will be freed when they're bigger.
28 Jun 07
Then we ate at a seaside restaurant.
28 Jun 07
See how happy my brother was?
28 Jun 07
We walked back to the harbour to catch the last boat. It was drizzling by then.
28 Jun 07
And when we reached Senaru for our 4D3N trekking program, it was raining heavily
29 Jun 07
We took a bemo from Senaru to Sembalun, the starting point of our trek.
29 Jun 07
It was getting cloudy
29 Jun 07
Day 1: 9:30am - 5pm
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And soon it started to rain
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And getting misty
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We were thoroughly drenched.
29 Jun 07
At our 1st camp, we were so wet and cold.
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By sunset, the cloud and mist started to clear
30 Jun 07
We started our summit trek at 3:30am. We could see Bali's Gunung Agung from here
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Sunrise. Day 2: 3:30am-3pm
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We reached the summit about 7:30am.
30 Jun 07
Our guide. Myth told of a king and queen separating after a misunderstanding.
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Years later, the family resolved the misunderstanding and reunited.
30 Jun 07
Princess Rinjani and king went to climb the volcano.
30 Jun 07
While meditating, the mountain spirits asked the princess to be their leader.
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And the princess said yes. That is how the volcano get its name.
30 Jun 07
The hard climb down from the summit
30 Jun 07
We couldn't stop taking photos
30 Jun 07
The summit at 3642m
30 Jun 07
When we climbed up before dusk, a cloud above the volcano was illuminated
by the full moon. The cloud was illuminated golden, it was a good omen.
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A good omen that we would have good weather from then on.
30 Jun 07
We continued to trekked down the crater rim to the lake, Segara Anak
30 Jun 07
We reached there by 3pm and headed to the hot springs for a relaxing bath.
30 Jun 07
Before night fall, the mist over the crater lake cleared.
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Morning, we roamed around the lake taking photos.
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Fishermen
01 Jul 07
We started the trek up the rim
01 Jul 07
The view from here was great!
01 Jul 07
My sister, Yiping and Fan
01 Jul 07
Wonderful feeling conquering all leg sores.
01 Jul 07
There were the final photos before we trekked down from the rim.
01 Jul 07
So bye.... Princess Dewi Rinjani....
01 Jul 07
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We trekked in the jungle. Day 3: 9:30am-6:00pm
01 Jul 07
Our 3rd camp is within the jungle. Our last dinner for the trekking program
02 Jul 07
Our tents that had endured our tired bodies for 3 nights.
02 Jul 07
3 trees joined to become 1 tree.
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End of our 4D3N trekking program. Day 4: 7:30am-11am
02 Jul 07
Tired, I slept in the hut
02 Jul 07
This was the trekking club we employed.
02 Jul 07
We went straight to airport to catch our flight back to Singapore. Bye! Lombok!
Formosa Yushan 2007
19 Mar 07
15 Mar 07
Finally in Taiwan! The first things we ate were smelly beancurd and mee sian.
17 Mar 07
Me & my sis went to Bayan Hotspring. It is an illegal hotspring.
17 Mar 07
Amidst YangMingShan National Park, this hotspring was maintained by public.
17 Mar 07
Why illegal? It was said the management was bribed by a hotspring resort.
17 Mar 07
The hotspring resort draws water from here but wants to prevent pple coming here
17 Mar 07
So now, if you are caught using the hotspring here, you will be fined NT$15000!
17 Mar 07
Who cares? The water is so fresh & environment so natural that pple keep coming.
17 Mar 07
There is even a waterfall!
17 Mar 07
Some even cooked steamboat here. I was invited to join them for lunch!
17 Mar 07
We tried volcanic mud mask. Dig some from underneath rocks!
17 Mar 07
We trekked out from the hotspring. Luckily, we did not meet any policemen.
17 Mar 07
That night, Clement & Joann reached Taiwan. We met up at Capone for salsa.
17 Mar 07
Brought my cousins to experience Taiwan's salsa scene. They were amazed!
17 Mar 07
They had fun too, trying out salsa steps (led by Clement).
17 Mar 07
This are the members of the Yushan Expedition! Fm right: Clement, Joann, sis, me
18 Mar 07
Early morning, we took the first high-speed train (launched early 2007)
18 Mar 07
Still munching breakfast...
18 Mar 07
We reached in 1.5hr time (normal 3hr+). Rushed to catch coach to Alishan.
18 Mar 07
Caught the coach to Alishan. Clement tying YP's shoe lace!
18 Mar 07
It was foggy when we reached Alishan.
18 Mar 07
After lunch, we went to Alishan park to look at cherry blossoms. In full bloom!
18 Mar 07
Cherry blossoms! The cherry blossomed at their fullest this weekend!
18 Mar 07
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Sister Lake. Can you see the pavilion behind?
18 Mar 07
Sister lake pavilion
18 Mar 07
Other than cherry blossoms, other flowers were also blooming.
18 Mar 07
Japanese-style pavilion with cherry blossoms.
18 Mar 07
Calla lily in full bloom too
18 Mar 07
What flowers were these?
18 Mar 07
A sumptuous steamboat dinner, the same restaurant I brought Baozhen and BF to.
18 Mar 07
Bedtime. Guess whether we were naked underneath the blanket?
19 Mar 07
We went to ZhuShan to watch sunrise to our disappointment.
19 Mar 07
Cherry blossoms.
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Clement, Joann and YP took the train back, but I prefered to walk back.
19 Mar 07
Cherry blossoms at ZhaoRi Train Station
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There were many professional photographers like me.
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YP just bought a mask and posing with it. Burglars in action.
19 Mar 07
We arranged transport to bring us to the starting point of Yushan.
19 Mar 07
There were altogether 40+ bridges along the trek. This is the only broken one.
19 Mar 07
It was raining all the way, so not much photos along the way.
19 Mar 07
We reached the mountain lodge just before sunset after slogging for hours.
18 Mar 07
Cooking our meals.
19 Mar 07
The mountain guides there invited us to join them for dinner, so din cook much.
20 Mar 07
This man rescued my sist at 1km mark when my sis almost gave up due to fatigue!
20 Mar 07
After a good night's sleep, we were all energised for the summit climb.
20 Mar 07
Clement
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The climb is not as strenuous as Mt Kinabalu, but the views are better.
20 Mar 07
Great views
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Take a break!
20 Mar 07
There is snow at the peak.
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Ice on the chains! As my gloves were wet, I did not bring along.
20 Mar 07
Me at the tunnel just before FengKou (a very windy point)
20 Mar 07
The snow made it difficult to climb up as we did not have proper shoes.
20 Mar 07
At the summit of the main peak finally.
20 Mar 07
With this photo, we can apply for certificate!
20 Mar 07
The summit plaque says that the height of Mt Jade is 3952m
20 Mar 07
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Behind me, other hikers having breakfast.
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The climb down
20 Mar 07
Sumptuous breakfast (by other hiking groups). Yum-yum
20 Mar 07
Other hikers preparing 2nd hike to other peaks.
20 Mar 07
One of the mountain guides. They are fun and helpful pple.
20 Mar 07
Mountain guides! Aren't they cool?
20 Mar 07
Under the original plan, we should turn to the right.
20 Mar 07
We forsacked the original plan to hike to another mountain hut.
20 Mar 07
The original route (after the main peak) was still covered in snow.
20 Mar 07
The path was obscured under snow and there's high chance we might lose our way.
20 Mar 07
Joann and sis had paid for porters to bring down their backpacks.
20 Mar 07
20 Mar 07
But me and Clement carried ours down. Look! we were tired out.
20 Mar 07
But we were reaching the starting point soon.
20 Mar 07
At the starting point. Our saviour was already waiting for us.
20 Mar 07
20 Mar 07
Mr Saviour drove us to the next destination. This is the Husband-and-Wife tree.
20 Mar 07
A sea of clouds at Yushan.
20 Mar 07
Our villa at hotspring resort.
20 Mar 07
There was a private outdoor hotspring pool just behind our villa.
21 Mar 07
Hotspring villa
21 Mar 07
Joann having a sumptuous Taiwanese porridge breakfast.
21 Mar 07
This is the public hotspring pools for room guests.
21 Mar 07
Group photo in our private outdoor hotspring pool with our clothes on!
21 Mar 07
We took public bus to ErShui and then train to JiJi.
21 Mar 07
JiJi. This place get famous after 921 Earthquake.
21 Mar 07
21 Mar 07
The destruction as a result of 921 Earthquake.
21 Mar 07
We went to Taichong after that. Went straight to night market to shop and eat.
21 Mar 07
Yushan Expedition Team's last night together. Me & my sis left for my hometown.
23 Mar 07
The must-eat in my hometown: fresh oyster!
23 Mar 07
Drying garlic in the courtyard
23 Mar 07
My niece, isn't she cute?
23 Mar 07
24 Mar 07
My niece and nephew
24 Mar 07
We had a stroll around the fields. Butterflies busy in spring.
25 Mar 07
We had fried oysters at this eating house. Yummy!
25 Mar 07
Father took us to TianWei, famous for its orchards and flowers.
25 Mar 07
This park has many fierce geese! We were attacked by them.
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Mandarin duck
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Me and father
25 Mar 07
Yiping and father. We left for Taipei towards the evening.
27 Mar 07
Dragon and wife invited us to Hsinchu. This is a lavender garden with restaurant
27 Mar 07
We had dinner. It had been raining the whole day, so you can't see much view...
27 Mar 07
except for the heavy fog hanging outside.
27 Mar 07
The little red riding hood was... Dragon?
27 Mar 07
My sister's dinner
27 Mar 07
Mine was mutton curry. Not the Singapore style, but the Japanese style curry.
27 Mar 07
Shufen (Dragon's wife) cake
27 Mar 07
Shufen, me and Yiping
27 Mar 07
Yiping and Shufen
28 Mar 07
We went to YangMingShan's calli lily fields.
28 Mar 07
28 Mar 07
There were many calli lily fields here.
28 Mar 07
Aunt and me.
28 Mar 07
Me and calli lilies.
28 Mar 07
28 Mar 07
There are bridges and streams beside the calli lily fields.
28 Mar 07
Many people came here to buy calli lilies and to take photos.
28 Mar 07
But the real fun is to choose your own calli lilies and pull them out yourselves
28 Mar 07
Choosing calli lilies. We were buying some to bring back to S'pore.
28 Mar 07
Yiping pulling out a calli lily
28 Mar 07
Having a lot of fun, huh?
28 Mar 07
Calli lily
28 Mar 07
28 Mar 07
I had my share of pulling out calli lily.
28 Mar 07
My aunt and my cousin enjoying themselves. Their first time here!
28 Mar 07
28 Mar 07
Hmm... I'd like to have a orchard here in YangMingShan...
28 Mar 07
My cousin's first time here! She couldn't believe such a paradise in Taipei city
28 Mar 07
My aunt had been here more than 10 years ago and was amazed at the changes.
28 Mar 07
Next time, I'd like to bring my Taipei relatives to the illegal Bayan hotspring.
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Northeast China 2006/2007
29Dec06
We transited at Shanghai Airport. The airport was so modern and beautiful.
29Dec06
Then we took another flight to Harbin.
29Dec06
Went directly to Harbin Railway to buy night tickets to Changbaishan.
29Dec06
Went to Sun Island to see the snow sculptures.
29Dec06
Went shopping and then to this famous russian restaurant for dinner.
30Dec06
As sis & XB shopped for so long, we missed our train even after a quick dinner.
30Dec06
So we remained in Harbin. This is 731, a Japanese military camp where atrocities
30Dec06
To Jin Dynasty Museum then to Imperial Tomb. Latter was closed already.
30Dec06
DongBei restaurant. We tried to 38 percent liqueur.
30Dec06
So strong the liqueur that we poured some back into the bottle to bring with us.
31Dec06
We reached our destination at about 5:30am. A driver was already waiting for us.
31Dec06
Wow! Wusong! Also known as rime (as interpreted by the dictionary).
31Dec06
This is considered as one of the 4 amazing sceneries of China.
31Dec06
It is not often to see such phenomenon.
31Dec06
You need to have the right temperature, humidity and wind conditions.
31Dec06
This pine trees grow on volcanic soil and has no reproduction system.
31Dec06
So rare are such pine trees that it is a protected specie.
31Dec06
We finally reached ChangBaiShan.
31Dec06
This is the source of MuDan River, SongHua River and major rivers in DongBei.
31Dec06
The snow here was very thick!
31Dec06
Waterfall
31Dec06
We trekked the Long Corridor to Tianci, a lake.
31Dec06
31Dec06
Tianci and ChangBaiShan area is the border of China and North Korea.
31Dec06
Tianci. The surface of the lake was frozen, so it was not as breathtaking.
29Dec06
Great rivers flow from this lake but none flows in. Where does water come from?
31Dec06
We trekked down from the lake and posed again at the waterfall.
31Dec06
We went to the Underground Forest. A model of the lake monster.
31Dec06
Underground Forest is simply a forest which was sunk many feets below its level.
31Dec06
This was a 45min trek in all.
31Dec06
See this? This is a fault line where the land cracked.
31Dec06
We had a Korean BBQ after a long exciting day. New Year Eve Dinner!
01Jan07
We took a night train to Jilin. Went to Bei Shan the next day.
01Jan07
There were old pple dancing Manchurian dance.
01Jan07
Heard from the taxi driver that they were preparing a performance.
01Jan07
Couldn't resist taking a photo with them. They were always ready to pose for me!
01Jan07
Have my fortunes told. I'm gonna be lucky for the coming year! Ahaha!
01Jan07
Temple
01Jan07
Here, I wrote my wishes and blessings for the coming year.
01Jan07
Can't remember all. But basically...
01Jan07
1) Hope pple will love and treasure what Earth has to offer. Pls save the Earth
01Jan07
2) Hope there is less misery to all living things on Earth.
01Jan07
3) Bless my family good health and hope they can achieve what they desire
01Jan07
4) Good prospects for my career
01Jan07
5) I wanna travel around the world
01Jan07
This was Jilin from the pagoda. It was often like that for the rest of my trip.
01Jan07
We had fun at the rubber float slide.
01Jan07
Thrilling!
01Jan07
Others were also busy having fun
01Jan07
We went skiing after this. A pity that we did not take any photos.
01Jan07
There were other activities such as ice skating but we did not have time.
01Jan07
At night, we strolled along the SongHua River.
01Jan07
People having fun with fire crackers & fireworks. Just buy from roadside stalls.
02Jan07
We went to the Catholic Catedrial
02Jan07
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And also to a unique mosque. Think Kangxi came to this one before.
03Jan07
That evening, we left for Wusong Island, famed for its
03Jan07
Such a disappointment, we did not see any...
03Jan07
Wusong is a phenomenon in which water vapour crystallises on the trees.
Kennis's Photo
It should look like this.
Kennis's Photo
This photo was taken by Kennis who went a few days before me.
Kennis's Photo
This is considered as one of 4 amazing sights of China!
04Jan07
Afternoon, we took a taxi from the train station to DongSheng Forest Reserve.
04Jan07
Took 5 hrs to get there. Our main purpose was to trek from here to Snow Village.
04Jan07
This was the trek. The snow here was thick.
04Jan07
We did not encounter so much snow in our trip! The snow was knee deep!
04Jan07
A large group of pple recently trekked across to Snow Village, opening a path.
04Jan07
XueSong, a phenomenon in which water vapour simply crystallises on the trees.
04Jan07
White wonderland
04Jan07
Saw animal paw marks on the snow once a while
04Jan07
We reached Snow Village at 2pm and met up with Kennis.
04Jan07
Went skiing after lunch. This guy's my coach. Said I was a fast learner. Haha!
04Jan07
After skiing, we had dinner. Snow Village has become rather touristy.
05Jan07
At 5:30am, I woke up, climbed up a hill to invite the sun.
05Jan07
Dawn breaking on Snow Village
05Jan07
Freezing cold here, but the photos worth it.
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Snow Village is said to be the place that received the most snowfall.
05Jan07
This has something to do with its geographical position & the surrounding hills.
05Jan07
You could see thick blankets of snow on the roofs.
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We took a horse sled to Bayi Military Ski Resort. It is only for the soldiers.
05Jan07
Bayi Military Ski Resort
05Jan07
China Soldiers preparing for ski training.
05Jan07
Back to Snow Village
05Jan07
Snow Village
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Snow Village
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Snow Village
05Jan07
My snowman. Isn't it special and creative? The buttons were horse shit.
05Jan07
The message was "DRINK, DON'T DRIVE" else you end up like my snowman.
05Jan07
The other snowman was an uncreative production initiated by Kennis :P
06Jan07
At Harbin, we visited the Tiger Land, a zoo dedicated to tigers.
06Jan07
Luckily, I bought my zoom lens. This was how close I could get.
06Jan07
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White tiger
06Jan07
XB said that he was saving the tigers (by feeding them with live chickens).
06Jan07
Gosh! The tiger suddenly pounced up!
06Jan07
We went to Harbin Ice Sculpture Exhibition after that. We stayed from 2:30pm-8pm
06Jan07
My sis, borned in the year of the Monkey.
06Jan07
Cathedral
06Jan07
The neon tubes were built into ice blocks.
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Slides made of ice.
06Jan07
Entrance also built of ice.
07Jan07
We went to Sophia Cathedral after buying Russian sausages.
07Jan07
Sophia Cathedral. Fly from Harbin and transit at Shanghai again.
07Jan07
We took the Maglev (300km/h) to see the night scene of Shanghai Central.
07Jan07
It has many colonial buildings, now converted to business centres.
Macau, Shenzhen, Hong Kong 2006
31 Oct: Macau Ferry Terminal
Reach Macau around 2:10pm, but took a long time at the immigration
31 Oct: Senado Square
Portugese architecture
31 Oct: Senado Square
Fountain
31 Oct: Senado Street
This shop sells famous almond biscuits
31 Oct: Ruins of St Paul
A world heritage!
31 Oct: Ruins of St Paul
View of Macau from the Ruins of St Paul
31 Oct: Ruins of St Paul
View of Macau from the St Paul chapel window
31 Oct: Ruins of St Paul
Whatever remains of St Paul.
31 Oct: A Ma Temple
An ancient temple, one of the oldest architecture in Macau
31 Oct: Penha Church
A Catholic Church on top of a hill
31 Oct: Macau Tower
Evening view of Macau Tower from the hill
31 Oct: Nam Van Lakes
Evening view of Nam Van Lakes from the hill
31 Oct: Penha Church
Sunset. After visiting the largest casino in Macau, we headed for Shenzhen.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
We stayed at our cousin's when we reached SZ. She took us to Splendid China.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
This is Potala Palace. I went to the real one in May this year.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
This place is in Xinjiang but I did not go there this Sep.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
This is the Yuan Ming Yuan.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Lotus pond.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Reminants of Yuan Ming Yuan
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Dunno where, there are so many similar architectures in China! Gosh!
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Yiping in Hui Tribe costume.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Me in Mongolian costume.
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Me in Mongolian costume.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
This is a sort of dance the bride dance before her marriage
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
I know this looks freaky: Hui tribal gal and mongolian tribal gal??!!
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
We took a boat ride and got ourselves wet.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Tibetan performance. Yiping got invited on stage and drank their wine.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
A big outdoor performance of battle scene, galloping horses and gallant warriors.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Xinjiang performance.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Me and a Xinjiang dancer at the Urgur's Village
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Dancing with the Dragon and Phoenix Show. Yiping and dancer.
01 Nov: Shenzhen Splendid China
Me and dancer
02 Nov: Meeting Brother Huo
We went to a high class restaurant to meet Brother Huo.
02 Nov: Meeting Brother Huo
But we turned up with our backpacks! The waiters were astounded!
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
We went to HK Ocean Park and spent the whole day there.
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Seals lazing in their watery enclosure
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Rollercoaster ride. We rode this 3 times!!
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Enjoying nature in their enclosure. Pink flamingos.
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Mandarin duck
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
The best part of the park is the jellyfish aquarium
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Jellyfish glowing under the lights. Never see so many jellyfish when I dive.
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Ferry wheel
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
Ferry wheel
03 Nov: HK Ocean Park
The most popular ocean park show of seals and dolphins.
04 Nov: HK Trekking
We went trekking at
04 Nov: HK Trekking
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04 Nov: HK Trekking
Yiping left my camera in the petrol station toilet. They returned it to me.
04 Nov: Stanley Market
Meet Ben and Yiping at Stanley Market after collecting my camera.
04 Nov: Stanley Market
04 Nov: Stanley Market
A cozy place for couples
04 Nov: Stanley Market
04 Nov: Stanley Market
04 Nov: Stanley Market
Old houses near Stanley Market.
04 Nov: Stanley Market
04 Nov: Stanley Market
04 Nov: Night View
We climbed up Taipin Shan to see the night view. Took us 20min to climb up
04 Nov: Night View
There is Lights Symphony every night at 8pm.
04 Nov: Late Dinner
After we trekked down Taipin Shan, we went to eat Guiling Jelly
04 Nov: Late Dinner
Guiling Jelly, very different from Singapore's.
04 Nov: Late Dinner
Delicious!
05 Nov: HK morning tour
Streets of HK
05 Nov: HK morning tour
Temple
05 Nov: HK morning tour
05 Nov: HK morning tour
The street is closed every Sunday for Filipinos to picnic.
05 Nov: HK morning tour
05 Nov: HK morning tour
Bidding farewell to Bennon
05 Nov: HK morning tour
And to this harbour which will be relocated next week
05 Nov: HK tour
We took a ferry across to Kowloon.
05 Nov: HK tour
05 Nov: HK tour
This old harbour will be relocated in the continuous tide of change
05 Nov: HK tour
05 Nov: HK tour
Kowloon Harbour.
Xinjiang 2006
02 Sep: Swan Lake
02 Sep: Resort
Lake by the resort
02 Sep: Company function
Dance performance at the resort
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
This is called "Sky Garden"
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Kazhastan tents
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Photo taken by Rickson, a colleague.
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Photo taken by Rickson, included his coz his photos are good!
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Photo taken by Rickson
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Photo taken by Rickson
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Photo taken by Rickson
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
A-Leong and goat. Cost 5 RMB
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Leon and eagle, also cost 5 RMB
03 Sep: Sunflower Field
There were many sunflower fields along the way from Nalati to Ili
03 Sep: Ili Bridge
U can see couples getting married on the bridge at abt sunset, if u are lucky.
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
The scenery wiould be more breathtaking if the sky was clearer.
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
Taken by Rickson
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
Me, Leon and A-Leong went horse-riding.
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
Me and A-Leong.
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
Oops! This was only a pose.
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
A-Leong, Leon and me
04 Sep: Salimu Lake
Guozigou valley in the background
04 Sep: Kelamayi
We reached Kelamayi in the evening
04 Sep: Kelamayi
Sunset at Kelamayi
04 Sep: Kelamayi
Photo by Rickson.
04 Sep: Kelamayi
The long journey from Salimu Lake to Kelamayi took 5-6hr
05 Sep: Demon City
We reached there in the morning, abt 2hrs from Kelamayi
05 Sep: Demon City
The best time for great photos is at sunset.
05 Sep: Demon City
05 Sep: Demon City
Another tourist pose with a camel! Haha
05 Sep: Demon City
The features of Demon City look like a lost civilization.
05 Sep: Demon City
05 Sep: Demon City
Photo by Rickson
05 Sep: Demon City
Photo by Rickson
05 Sep: Demon City
Photo by Rickson
05 Sep: Buerjin
Architecture heavily influenced by Russian's
05 Sep: Buerjin
05 Sep: Buerjin
05 Sep: Buerjin
The rock formation glowed reddish under the setting sun
05 Sep: Buerjin
Getting redder still
05 Sep: Buerjin
05 Sep: Buerjin
Sunset
05 Sep: Buerjin
Photo by Rickson, taken in the same place but in the afternoon
05 Sep: Buerjin
Photo by Rickson. Not as reddish as when it is sunset.
05 Sep: Buerjin
Photo by Rickson
06 Sep: Jiadengyu-Hemu Trek
Start trekking from Jiadengyu to Hemu.
07 Sep: Jiadengyu-Hemu Trek
Sceneray along the trek.
07 Sep: Jiadengyu-Hemu Trek
Reach Hemu finally.
07 Sep: Hemu
The Hemu river runs by the Hemu village.
07 Sep: Hemu
Hemu village
07 Sep: Hemu
Hemu village
07 Sep: Hemu
07 Sep: Hemu
The feel of autumn
07 Sep: Hemu
Fall, a season where leaves turn gold.
07 Sep: Hemu
Some trees went bald prematurely
08 Sep: Hemu
A Kazhastan posing a shot
08 Sep: Hemu
08 Sep: Hemu
Smoking chimneys
08 Sep: Hemu
Morning shot of the village atop a hill.
08 Sep: Hemu
08 Sep: Hemu
08 Sep: Hemu
09 Sep: Hemu
Horseriding at Beauty Peak
Hemu Photo by Rickson
Rickson likes potraits.
Hemu Photo by Rickson
Well, he considered this his best shot.
Hemu Photo by Rickson
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
Reached Black Lake, but we trekked another 2hrs before stopping for the day
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
We stayed a night at a Kazhastan tent
10 Sep: Hemu-Black Lake Trek
and watch the sun set.
11 Sep: Kenasi
We trekked another 2hr the next day and reach Kenasi in the morning.
11 Sep: Kenasi
11 Sep: Kenasi
The weather turned cloudy when we were trekking up to view pavilon.
12 Sep: Kenasi
This is Dragon Bay. Taken it where there is morning mist.
12 Sep: Kenasi
Dragon Bay in the morning mist. Trekked 9km to get here.
12 Sep: Kenasi
Trekked to Moon Bay.
12 Sep: Kenasi
Moon Bay
12 Sep: Kenasi
Moon Bay
12 Sep: Kenasi
Moon Bay in the morning mist.
12 Sep: Kenasi
After that, we rushed to another bay before the morning mist dispersed.
12 Sep: Kenasi
This is Immortal Bay. I translate it from its Chinese name.
12 Sep: Kenasi
We walked along the Kenasi river and lake in the afternoon.
12 Sep: Kenasi
Once again, the sky was overcasted.
12 Sep: Kenasi
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
Rickson and others did not go trekking, so they were at Kenasi on 6 Sep.
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
They were lucky to have such wonderful weather!
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
So, I imported his photos!
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
The beauty of Kenasi in full splendour
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
The beauty of Kenasi in full splendour
Photo of Kenasi by Rickson
This is the Moon Bay he took
13 Sep: Leaving Kenasi
Rode to Bahaba early morning.
13 Sep: Leaving Kenasi
Kenasi in morning mist
13 Sep: Bahaba
Reached there about 1pm
13 Sep: Bahaba
13 Sep: Bahaba
This is where mongolian ceremonies are sometimes held.
13 Sep: Bahaba
13 Sep: Bahaba
The flags are meant as prayers for the gods, I think.
14 Sep: Baihaba
Rained almost the whole day. Took this photo when the rain finally stopped.
14 Sep: Baihaba
14 Sep: Baihaba
It snowed in the mountains
Baihaba
Photo by Rickson
17 Sep: Chengu Dragon Town
Stayed at a well-recommended youth hostel, Dragon Town. Great!
03 Sep: Nalati Grassland
Kinabalu 2006
Memorable Kinabalu
28Jun06 Senai Airport
Early flight to Kinabalu. The aircraft we were flying was very small.
28Jun06 Senai Airport
Sunrise at Senai Airport.
28Jun06 Kota Kinabalu
Lunch at Muthu's Curry
28Jun06 Kota Kinabalu
Fish Head Curry. Looked hot and spicy but in fact very delicious.
28Jun06 View from Beach Lodge
We stayed at Beach Lodge on the 4th floor. What a climb!
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Teabreak before the cruise
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
The river was of a dark murky brown.
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Villages by the side of the river
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Other power boats going together. No wonder we scared the proboscis monkeys
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
From left: me, Maesy, Yiping (my sis), Clement
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Proboscis monkeys!! But they were so far away...
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
So instead of nature watching, we were fast snapping our cameras at ourselves!
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
A glimse of the proboscis monkey. Only found in Sabah. Can u spot his big nose?
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Took many shots on ourselves instead...
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Sunset over the river. After that we saw many fireflies lighting up the trees!
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
The trees were like Christmas trees. Here, there is the highest firefly density!
28Jun06 Proboscis River Cruise
Sumptous dinner after the cruise
29Jun06 Beach Lodge
A very cold night at Beach Lodge coz no one knows how to lower the aircon temp.
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
We intended to raft the Padas but due to heavy rain, it became too dangerous.
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
Rafting instructor demonstrating the right technique to raft.
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
How can we miss any opportunity to take photos? Haha!
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
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29Jun06 Klias Rafting
Armouring ourselves in battle suit!
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
We were wholly prepared to take up Klias challenge!
29Jun06 Klias Rafting
After the battle... I could still flash my killer smile! Ahaha!
29Jun06 Seafood Dinner
After heavy shopping, we ate a sumptious dinner at Twinsky. Creamy prawns!
29Jun06 Seafood Dinner
Bean paste crabs
29Jun06 Seafood Dinner
me and my sis
29Jun06 Seafood Dinner
29Jun06 Seafood Dinner
Another battle fought! And we won! All food cleaned off the plates!
30Jun06 The Wet Climb
Coke drove us to Kinabalu Park. It started to drizzle... and it was very cold!
30Jun06 The Wet Climb
30Jun06 The Wet Climb
Luckily we bought our pochos!
30Jun06 The Wet Climb
The rest 5hr climb, it started to pour!! We did not take any photos. What waste!
30Jun06 Laban Rata
When we reached Laban Rata, it was freezing cold. 5 degrees!
30Jun06 Laban Rata
After hot shower, we started to cook. That was Bennon's stove.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Bennon's stove
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Clement and Maesy
30Jun06 Laban Rata
The future chef?
30Jun06 Laban Rata
So loving... ahaha!
30Jun06 Laban Rata
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Yiping was very tired after the climb.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
But Maesy and Clement still enthusiastically taking photos!
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Went to the dining room to drink and chat.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Now Clement... dun get too close ok?
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Yiping's 2nd crush... Did I tell you? Her 1st is Kenny from the rafting team.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Breakfast
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Gorging ourselves with carbohydrates for the climb down.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
And meat too. We bought the char siew at a village at the foot of Kinabalu.
30Jun06 Laban Rata
Actually, we were suppose to cook in the rooms...
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Ready for the dreadful trek down?
01Jul06 Laban Rata
So were we!
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Hi! That's Maesy's cap! Dun Clement looked like the wicked Smuff?
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Final pose before leaving our room (Rm1)
01Jul06 Laban Rata
That was how cold, 6.7 degrees!
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Finally, it was good weather to take photo
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Did not reach the summit last night due to mist and rain.
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Group photo with our mountain guide, a shy boy of 23.
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Maesy confident of the trek down.
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
01Jul06 Laban Rata
Full view of Laban Rata Guesthouse
01Jul06 The Climb Down
The trek down. We were still energetic as we came down.
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
It looked about to rain
01Jul06 The Climb Down
Our knees getting wobbly...
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We were getting very tired. Can you see the treacherous dirt path down?
01Jul06 The Climb Down
Pitcher plant.
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
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Though tired, we were always ready to pose for the camera!
01Jul06 The Climb Down
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01Jul06 The Climb Down
Rested at the huts along the way
01Jul06 The Climb Down
The last flight of stairs to the end of the trek!!
01Jul06 The Climb Down
Drained and throughly defeated... sob...
01Jul06 The Climb Down
01Jul06 The Climb Down
We and our certificates! Then I realised that I left my wallet up at Laban Rata!
01Jul06 Poring
Still looking fresh
01Jul06 Poring
But soon, we were dozing off...
01Jul06 Poring Hotspring
In the hotspring tub
01Jul06 Poring Park
At the Poring Park entrance
01Jul06 Poring Park
River in the Poring Park
01Jul06 Poring Park
01Jul06 Poring Hotspring
Took very long time to fill up the tub. Hotspring belongs to the sulphur type.
01Jul06 Poring Hotspring
Washing up in the tub.
01Jul06 Poring Park
Had dinner at Poring Park. Maesy's tomyam noodles
01Jul06 Poring Park
Dinner photo.
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
We slept in a bunk with just table fan! But it's ok, really
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
The scenery at Poring Lodge. Good value for RM12 per bed
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
Balcony
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
Breakfast at the kampong
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
Sumptuous and cheap!
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
With cute spoons...
02Jul06 Poring Kampong
An enjoyable breakfast
02Jul06 Poring Hotspring
Walked past Poring Hotspring to Canopy Walk
02Jul06 Poring Hotspring
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
The trek up to canopy walk... Wah! How we hate trekking uphill and downhill!
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
We were not supposed to take photos, coz we didn't buy camera permit.
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
But we took shots all the same! Haha!
02Jul06 Poring Canopy Walk
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
02Jul06 Poring Park
Coke waited for us for an hour! Rturned to Kinabalu Park to claim my wallet.
02Jul06 Kinabalu
But there remained only RM5 in my wallet! Stopped at a kampong for lunch.
02Jul06 Seafood Dinner Again
Went back to Twinsky for seafood again!
02Jul06 Seafood Dinner Again
02Jul06 Seafood Dinner Again
We had creamy tiger prawns again! Sad that Clement is allergic to prawns! Haha!
02Jul06 Sunset
This marked the end of our trip.
02Jul06 Sunset
We had a wonderful time despite of hiccups and some bad luck
02Jul06 Sunset
But I think we are lucky to get to know more abt each other.
02Jul06 Sunset
And have memories together.
02Jul06 Sunset
02Jul06 Sunset
Though the sunset marks the end of our trip, it marks a new friendship blooming.
02Jul06 Sunset
02Jul06 Going Home
Coke took us to Tanjong Seaside Stalls after we checked in.
02Jul06 Going Home
Had some drinks, chat and burgers
02Jul06 Going Home
Clement, the superhero.
02Jul06 Going Home
02Jul06 Going Home
Tibet 2006
2006-04-27
At the park in the morning. Pple sang and dance there. Seems to be Naxi pple.
2006-04-28
A picturesque snowy scenery along the way from Shangrila-Meili snow mountain.
2006-04-28
The pigs ran wild here. hehe. Aren't they cute?
2006-04-28
A broken down hut on the snowy slope.
2006-04-28
We had lunch at a valley.
2006-04-28
Soon, we went uphill. This hut is for the shepherds.
2006-04-28
Geographically, the river meet with a region of hard rock so can't erode through
2006-04-28
This is White Horse Snowy Mountain. Companions gasped in awe at the sight.
2006-04-28
The huts are meant for shepherds who come in summer with their herd.
2006-04-28
Stupas in the Meili region
2006-04-28
We stayed a night at Fei Lai Shi
2006-04-29
Meili Snow mountain basking in the morning rays. Don't the snow look like gold?
2006-04-29
Me and Hiangru at Meili snow mountain.
2006-04-29
Took public bus from Fei Lai Shi. Tyre burst halfway.
2006-04-29
Lunch at a tibetian village. Simply choose the ingredients from the kitchen.
2006-04-29
Our bus stopped overnight at Yan Jin, a small town. Kids asked me to take photo.
2006-04-29
Yan Jin town only made up of 2 streets and a crossroad.
2006-04-30
We moved on in the same bus. The bus stopped many times to replenish water.
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In those spare times, we were free to roam around.
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Crowded condition in the bus.
2006-04-30
The long journey to Tibet is not as easy as one thinks.
2006-04-30
We were delayed by hundreds of military trucks along the Sichuan-Tibet route.
2006-04-30
Congratulations!! We reached Ba Su by nightfall. A drink with the drivers.
2006-05-01
Landslide on the way to RanWu Lake
2006-05-01
We met with landslide, so we strolled across. Met a Tibetian with tibetian dog.
2006-05-01
Now can you see the puppy's blue eyes? The guy's Binbin working in Shanghai.
2006-05-01
Our car caught up with us when landslide was cleared. On our way to RanWu lake
2006-05-01
Gorgeous RanWu lake. The most beautiful & memorable part of my Tibet trip.
2006-05-01
Binbin & I asked a Tibetian truck driver to give us a lift. He happily agreed!
2006-05-01
On the truck admiring the lake! What a wonderful experience
2006-05-01
Binbin & I strolled round the lake. Seems that the others gonna miss this! haha
2006-05-01
Me & Binbin came across many villages along RanWu lake.
2006-05-02
We left for ChaYu. RanWu lake is certainly very big, stretches for kilometers.
2006-05-02
Kids ran towards us and refused to let us pass. Said we must pay entry fees!!
2006-05-02
Most of us not feeling well, either altitude sickness or affected by dusty road.
2006-05-02
We reached ChaYu in the evening. Not enough light for a good photo.
2006-05-03
So we took again the next morning. It was spring over here.
2006-05-03
Feeling better already, we having a good time posing for shots.
2006-05-03
Our minivan and driver.
2006-05-03
The winding road back to RanWu Lake
2006-05-03
We stopped at the driver's village for a while. Driver's motorbike.
2006-05-03
Yak on his way home. Moo.. move aside!!
2006-05-03
RanWu lake, can't resist taking more shots, haha
2006-05-03
Me and RanWu lake. After that we proceed to BoMi.
2006-05-04
Visited another lake surrounded by farms. Every household usually has 2 horses.
2006-05-04
Group photo without me. From left: Mengchiu, Brother Chang, Driver, Hiangju
2006-05-04
River
2006-05-04
Had a tiff at a road construction blockade. Why were there no official notice?
2006-05-04
Road blockade till 7pm. So we idle away the whole day waiting.
2006-05-04
With so much time to idle, I took out my wet clothes to drya.. haha...
2006-05-04
After 7pm, we drove crazily. Came across a bridge that allows 1 car per time.
2006-05-04
So why we waited for our car to cross, we cross another broken bridge below.
2006-05-05
Next morning, we backtracked to the gorge that we missed previous night.
2006-05-05
Gorge. Imagine we drove along this gorge in pitch darkness!!
2006-05-05
We continued our journey to BaYi.
2006-05-05
Picture with our dearest driver.
2006-05-05
You2 Cai4 Hua1. Sort of vegetables. Sorry, dun know its English name.
2006-05-05
The lush greenery was such a contrast from the dryness at Yan Jin.
2006-05-06
Went to Dalai Lama's Summer Palace. An energy saving way of boiling water.
2006-05-06
Within one of the prayer halls at the Summer Palace.
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Summer Palace
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Tibetian architecture
2006-05-06
This is the Summer Palace Garden.
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Tibetian architecture
2006-05-07
Me and Guangzhou Amanda having a drink at a pub
2006-05-07
This is the yak that I rode on. Not very happy-looking, right?
2006-05-07
There are many decorated yaks at Namu Lake. All waiting to be rode.
2006-05-07
NaMu Lake crowded with animals, yak and horses.
2006-05-07
Tibet during dusk.
2006-05-08
BaJiao Street.
2006-05-08
2 stranger backpackers invited me to have lunch with them. Photo from restaurant
2006-05-08
I'm fully on my own as all my companions had left Tibet. Went to SiLa Monastry
2006-05-08
Cost RMB30 to take a shot at this prayer hall! Was not told so earlier.
2006-05-08
Scripture debating at SeLa Monastry.
2006-05-08
The lamas seem to have a lot of fun!
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The debating lama would clap his hands, perhaps to show his conviction.
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Debating in groups
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Even the youngest lama there debated with such vigor. Haha..
2006-05-08
I lost my camera here but a lama found it & returned it to me! Amitaba!
2006-05-09
Went to Potala Palace in the morning.
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Could only visit the red palace of Potala Palace though.
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Potala Palace
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Potala Palace
2006-05-09
Went to DaZhao Monastry in the afternoon.
2006-05-09
It was said that Lahsa was built with DaZhao monastry as the core.
2006-05-09
BaJiao Street from roof of DaZhao Monastry. Potala in the background.
2006-05-09
The scripture wheels at DaZhao Monastry
2006-05-09
Pilgrims
2006-05-09
Went back to Potala Garden to get this shot of Potala & its reflection.
2006-05-10
Set off for Mt Everest Base Camp with 2 Swedish & 1 Italian.
2006-05-10
Yang Lake.
2006-05-10
Went to an isolated monastry. Well, these European had a taste for isolation...
2006-05-10
Trekking down from the isolated monastry, you can see the wilderness below.
2006-05-10
And also the farm animals... from the village nearby.
2006-05-10
We travelled for miles and came across a lake. It was still Yang Lake.
2006-05-10
Chiangtze old town. We spent a night here.
2006-05-10
You can see this disused fortress from Chiangtze old town.
2006-05-11
BaiJu Monastry architecture is much influence by Nepal.
2006-05-11
Inside the stupa.
2006-05-11
Giant stupa with Napal motif. Has many rooms with statues within.
2006-05-11
BaiJu monastry
2006-05-11
BaiJu Monastry and the town below.
2006-05-11
Another isolated monastry with Chinese architecture. Friendly lamas.
2006-05-11
This kind lady willing let me and Moulin use her toilet.
2006-05-11
Shy kid at the petrol station.
2006-05-11
Followed by a long dusty journey. Here we stopped for a rest.
2006-05-11
Farmers ploughing the dry land.
2006-05-11
River
2006-05-11
We stopped here for another rest. Shepherds and their tents.
2006-05-11
We stopped at Latze for the night.
2006-05-12
My tibetian sofa bed
2006-05-12
Entering Mt Everest area
2006-05-12
We rode to Mt Everest Base Camp. Our poor horse stopping for a rest and drink
2006-05-12
Mt Everest in full glory
2006-05-12
These are my companions, Moulin's husband (forget his name), Moulin and Italian.
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Mt Everest Base Camp
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The last rays highlighting the peak of Mt Everest. Isn't it magical?
2006-05-13
Me and the tent owner. We slept the night there. The weather had turned bad.
2006-05-13
The highest post office in the world at Mt Everest Base Camp
2006-05-13
There was a snowstorm. We trekked for 1hr+ in this weather!!
2006-05-14
Lama and foreign tourist... How did they communicate?
2006-05-14
Ri4Ka1Ze2 monastry
2006-05-14
Ri4Ka1Ze2 monastry
2006-05-14
Animals freed at the Ri4Ka1Ze2 monastry
2006-05-14
Lama and monastry
2006-05-14
Lama
2006-05-14
Tibetian women strolling around the monastry
2006-05-14
Sister carrying her younger sister. Isn't that sweet?
2006-05-14
Ri4Ka1Ze2 monastry and the scripture wheels surrounding it.
2006-05-14
Ri4Ka1Ze2 monastry and the town
2006-05-14
Monastry
2006-05-14
Ri4Ka1Ze2 town. Tibetians like to play pool.
2006-05-14
On the way back to Lhasa
2006-05-14
Curious kids came running to us, but too shy to come close. Aren't they cute?
2006-05-15
My last day in Tibet. My last glimpse of Potala Palace...
2006-05-15
Luckily. I could get someone to help me take this photo :)
2006-05-15
Potala Place gleaming under the morning sun, like a shiny jewel.
2006-05-15
Devoted pilgrims. I was touched to tears by their devotion.
2006-05-15
This is the plane I flew out of Tibet. Farewell...
2006-05-15
A Hunan auntie I met on my flight out of Tibet. She treated me to a lot of food!
Ipoh 2005/2006
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Formosa Tour 2005
31Oct05-01 MRT.JPG
Took train to Shilin Station.
31Oct05-07 Qingtiangang.JPG
Chartered a taxi to take us around Yangmingshan. 1st stop: Qingtiangang
31Oct05-11 Qingtiangang.JPG
Place was first set aside for baffalos who roam here when farming was abandoned.
31Oct05-12 Qingtiangang.JPG
Now a scenic area
31Oct05-13 Qingtiangang.JPG
with suspension bridges and paths
31Oct05-20 Xiaoyouken.JPG
See that sulphurous fumes? This is a thermal area.
31Oct05-27 DaTunPark.JPG
Another park. Pic taken by nice taxi driver who used to be a farmer in Yangmingshan.
31Oct05-28 DaTunPark.JPG
Bizarre tree
31Oct05-29 National Museum.JPG
National Museum tt houses many antiques from China
31Oct05-30 Nightlife.JPG
Taiwan nightlife around Taipei Main Station
31Oct05-33 Nightlife.JPG
NOVA near Taipei Main Station. This is the place to get cheap MP3.
31Oct05-35 Nightlife.JPG
01Nov05-02 Taipei Hostel.JPG
Any complaints for such a cheap lodging? Not me!
01Nov05-25 Dongshanhe.JPG
This is DongShanHe, a scenic park along the East Coast Scenic Coastal Rd.
01Nov05-11 Dongshanhe.JPG
We rented a bike for 4. But we managed to squeeze in 5. (Me sat on baby seat)
01Nov05-18 Dongshanhe.JPG
The Pacific Ocean is just behind the red bridge.
01Nov05-31 Way to Hualien.JPG
01Nov05-31 Way to Hualien.JPG 2005-11-01
01Nov05-37 Way to Hualien.JPG
Stopover at a scenic spot along the East Coast Rd. We were entering Hualien.
01Nov05-41 Way to Hualien.JPG
Pacific Ocean behind us.
01Nov05-50 SevenStarsBay.JPG
Another scenic park along the coast, called the Seven Stars Bay.
01Nov05-51 SevenStarsBay.JPG
We reached a bit late, but just in time to catch the last rays for a bike tour.
02Nov05-009 Taroko Gorge.JPG
This is the entrance to Taroko Gorge.
02Nov05-012 Taroko Gorge.JPG
River just beside the Taroko Gorge entrance
02Nov05-020 Taroko Gorge.JPG
Family
02Nov05-022 Taroko Gorge.JPG
Damage by Dragon King Typhoon 2 weeks ago
02Nov05-030 Taroko Gorge.JPG
Cool?
02Nov05-034 Taroko Gorge.JPG
See how happy BZ was?
02Nov05-070 Taroko Gorge.JPG
This used to be the highway along Taroko Gorge. Cars drove along this road.
02Nov05-076 Taroko Gorge.JPG
Very treacherous but scenic road. Now, safer roads are used.
02Nov05-081 Race.JPG
A cycleton within Taroko Gorge. Police excorting
02Nov05-085 Race.JPG
Cyclists from all over the world! Look at their lean muscles!
02Nov05-090 Tianxiang.JPG
Reach Tianxiang by noon. Named after Wen Tiang Xiang, a righteous man in China.
02Nov05-091 Tianxiang.JPG
Famous for its temple and giant statues.
02Nov05-093 Tianxiang.JPG
View from temple. The river murky due to post typhoon road construction
02Nov05-096 Tianxiang.JPG
Temple
02Nov05-097 Tianxiang.JPG
Temple
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Temple
02Nov05-101 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
Entrance of Baiyang Waterfall
02Nov05-110 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
There are many tunnels along the path to Baiyang Waterfall
02Nov05-113 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
Walking along the edge of a cliff
02Nov05-124 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
After 45min walk, here's the waterfall.
02Nov05-131 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
Balancing precariously at the edge...
02Nov05-133 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
02Nov05-135 Baiyang Waterfall.JPG
Inside the tunnel
02Nov05-145 Way to Hehuanshan.JPG
Proceed to Hehuanshan. The road up was narrow and typhoon-damaged.
02Nov05-153 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Checked in at hostel. Scenery just outside the window
02Nov05-170 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Went on a evening hike. View is fantastic from up here.
02Nov05-173 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Panting like mad coz hardly enough air to breathe. We made it to the top.
02Nov05-178 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Papa wearing the scarf I bought in Scotland.
02Nov05-184 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Our photogenic queen with her millon dollar smile again
02Nov05-186 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Sunset
02Nov05-189 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Sunset
02Nov05-192 Evening Tour of Hehuanshan.JPG
Dinner at hostel. Chicken cooked in wine. Got a bit drunk after that.
03Nov05-012 Sunrise.JPG
Sunrise... not much different from sunset
03Nov05-020 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Enjoy the sunrise from the comfort of our beds
03Nov05-024 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
The owner and his animal farm
03Nov05-025 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
View of Hehuanshan from hostel
03Nov05-028 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Balcony
03Nov05-030 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Full view of the hostel.
03Nov05-031 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Garden. Was that a goat skull in the middle?
03Nov05-035 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Garden
03Nov05-037 Luoyin Minsu.JPG
Balcony
03Nov05-042 Hehuanshan.JPG
Set off once again. The hostel below is Hehuanshan Mansion.
03Nov05-047 Hehuanshan.JPG
Hehuanshan Mansion: a much cheaper hostel for future reference.
03Nov05-064 Wulin.JPG
Wulin is highest point of the Hehuanshan road, at 3000+m (cannot remember)
03Nov05-066 Wulin.JPG
Papa and BZ
03Nov05-070 Wulin.JPG
BZ
03Nov05-071 MainPeak.JPG
This is the path leading to the Main Peak of Hehuanshan
03Nov05-075 MainPeak.JPG
View from Main Peak
03Nov05-083 MainPeak.JPG
The long winding path from the Main Peak
03Nov05-084 QingJing Farm.JPG
Next stop: QingJing Farm. A recreational farm in Nantou Province
03Nov05-096 QingJing Farm.JPG
03Nov05-099 QingJing Farm.JPG
BZ and sheep
03Nov05-109 QingJing Farm.JPG
Autumn colours
03Nov05-114 Bihu.JPG
Bihu means "Green Lake" It's the norm for the weather to be hazy during autumn
03Nov05-116 SunMoonLake.JPG
Proceed to Sun Moon Lake tour. This is the Wenwu Temple.
03Nov05-121 SunMoonLake.JPG
View of lake from temple. Couldn't see much of the lake coz too hazy.
03Nov05-126 SunMoonLake.JPG
Peacock Garden. Who's afraid of the bird flu?
03Nov05-147 SunMoonLake.JPG
03Nov05-149 SunMoonLake.JPG
03Nov05-151 SunMoonLake.JPG
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Boat ride around the lake
03Nov05-164 SunMoonLake.JPG
03Nov05-172 SunMoonLake.JPG
Island in the middle of SunMoonLake. Also a sacred place for the aborigines.
03Nov05-177 SunMoonLake.JPG
04Nov05-01 Puli Hotspring Hotel.JPG
Stayed at Puli Hotspring Hotel. Wonderful hotspring...
04Nov05-07 Guanying Waterfalls.JPG
Morning exercise at Guanying Waterfalls.
04Nov05-08 Guanying Waterfalls.JPG
A more majestic waterfall upstream, so we trekked further up.
04Nov05-14 Guanying Waterfalls.JPG
The more majestic waterfall.
04Nov05-22 Guanying Waterfalls.JPG
04Nov05-28 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
Went to Tainan, the town where Presdent Ah Bian grew up in.
04Nov05-29 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
Tainan is famous for its historic monuments. This is Zhen Cheng Gong's residence
04Nov05-31 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
Met my company's contractor here. What a conincidence.
04Nov05-32 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
Another contractor. Don't think we'd meet again in Singapore coz contract's over
04Nov05-33 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
This's the contractor representative.
04Nov05-38 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
04Nov05-47 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
04Nov05-49 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
04Nov05-54 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
A part of the residence is a Qing Dynasty school. The last surviving.
04Nov05-58 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
04Nov05-59 Chih Kan Lou.JPG
04Nov05-62 Anping Fortress.JPG
Another famous Tainan monument: Anping Fortress
04Nov05-67 Anping Fortress.JPG
We met the contractors here too. yuan1 jia1 lu4 zai3
04Nov05-69 Anping Fortress.JPG
04Nov05-71 Anping Fortress.JPG
04Nov05-76 Anping Fortress.JPG
04Nov05-77 Anping Fortress.JPG
04Nov05-78 Anping Fortress.JPG
05Nov05-02 Tainan Railway Station.JPG
We proceed to train station to go Jiayi. Alishan we go!
05Nov05-05 Chiayi.JPG
Tour of Chiayi.
05Nov05-06 Chiayi.JPG
Taiwan is a scooter world!
05Nov05-07 Alishan Railway.JPG
Alishan Rail is one of the 3 highest mountain railways in the world!
05Nov05-08 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-10 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-12 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-13 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-14a Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-15 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-19 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-21 Alishan Railway.JPG
On the way up
05Nov05-34 Alishan Railway.JPG
05Nov05-40 Fenqihu Station.JPG
Stopover at Fenqihu Station. Bought Japanese sweet potato from tis food vendor.
05Nov05-42 Fenqihu Station.JPG
Delicious!
05Nov05-49 Alishan Railway.JPG
Scenery along the way.
05Nov05-50 Alishan.JPG
Finally we reached Alishan. Sunset already.
05Nov05-54 Alishan.JPG
05Nov05-57 Alishan.JPG
Wow! Isn't it beautiful?
05Nov05-61 Alishan.JPG
View from our balcony. BTW, we stayed at the Alishan Post Office
05Nov05-62 Alishan.JPG
Alishan Post Office is the highest in Taiwan. The hostel is for staff only.
05Nov05-66 Alishan.JPG
05Nov05-70 Alishan.JPG
Alishan post office staff also opened a restaurant nearby.
05Nov05-71 Alishan.JPG
Stone Steamboat for dinner
06Nov05-004 Zhushan stalls.JPG
Food stalls providing breakfast at Zhushan
06Nov05-009 Sunrise.JPG
Expectant
06Nov05-016 Sunrise.JPG
The sun suddenly jumped up from behind the mountain range.
06Nov05-035 Sea Cloud.JPG
We trek up to a pavilon. The view from here was even better.
06Nov05-041 Zhushan Railway.JPG
We chose to walk back instead.
06Nov05-044 Zhushan Railway.JPG
06Nov05-048 Cherry Blossom Park.JPG
Didn't sleep well coz we turned up the temperature of heater till we were cooked.
06Nov05-052 Cherry Blossom Park.JPG
This place will be full of cherry blossoms in March.
06Nov05-060 Alishan Post.JPG
Alishan Post Office. We stayed at the top level.
06Nov05-068 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
After a short rest, we proceed to Sacred Tree by rail.
06Nov05-075 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
BZ also very tired.
06Nov05-077 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
Sacred Tree station
06Nov05-080 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
06Nov05-085 Sacred Tree.JPG
This is called the Sacred Tree Trail coz the trees are above 1000 yrs old.
06Nov05-090 Sacred Tree.JPG
This is the oldest tree here. It was still standing when I last came...
06Nov05-091 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
06Nov05-093 Sacred Tree Rail.JPG
06Nov05-101 Bye Alishan.JPG
Back from Sacred Tree.
06Nov05-103 Tea harvest.JPG
We took a minibus from Alishan. Alishan is famous for its tea.
06Nov05-115 Campaign.JPG
Took train to countryside. A political campaign was held outside the station.
06Nov05-117 Betel Nut Xishi.JPG
Top of CS's wishlist: a photo with Betel Nut Beauty
06Nov05-118 Hsieh Home.JPG
Firecrackers "cracked" the silence of my neighbourhood.
07Nov05-04 Countryside.JPG
BZ and her curiosity with peanuts?
07Nov05-14 Countryside.JPG
07Nov05-10 Countryside.JPG
Paddy field.
07Nov05-03 Countryside.JPG
Peanut field
07Nov05-21 Hsieh House.JPG
My granny's house in the countryside
07Nov05-25 Countryside.JPG
Neighbour's baffalo
07Nov05-31 WangGong Harbour.JPG
Went to WangGong Harbour. Low tide.
07Nov05-37 WangGong Harbour.JPG
This place's transforming into an attraction for city dwellers to experience
07Nov05-40 WangGong Harbour.JPG
the countryside life. Pavilon still under construction.
07Nov05-34 WangGong Harbour.JPG
07Nov05-39 WangGong Harbour.JPG
Place is famous for fresh and fat oysters.
07Nov05-47 WangGong Harbour.JPG
07Nov05-50 WangGong Harbour.JPG
07Nov05-49 WangGong Harbour.JPG
Harbour.JPG 2005-11-06
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07Nov05-55 WangGong Harbour.JPG
Sure, BZ is heavy
07Nov05-56 WangGong Harbour.JPG
Not me :)
07Nov05-59 WangGong Harbour.JPG
07Nov05-64 WangGong Delicacy.JPG
See the fresh oysters within?
07Nov05-63 WangGong Delicacy.JPG
The delicacy here is oyster omelette. Not the usual kind u get in nightmarket
07Nov05-68 WangGong Delicacy.JPG
Oyster soup
07Nov05-70 Lunch.JPG
It was middle of Winter Solstice, so we had mutton soup to prepare for winter.
07Nov05-72 Nursery.JPG
Think BZ & CS may get nose bleed when they return to S'pore.
07Nov05-80 Airport.JPG
Hope BZ & CS enjoy my hospitality!
09Nov05-01 Qimei Museum.JPG
After BZ & CS left, my family went to Tainan again to visit Qimei Museum.
09Nov05-02 Qimei Museum.JPG
Not allowed to take pictures within, so we took pictures outside
09Nov05-06 Qimei Museum.JPG
09Nov05-07 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
Guangzailing Mudhotspring, the only mudhotspring in Taiwan and 1 of 3 worldwide
09Nov05-09 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
09Nov05-12 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
09Nov05-13 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
10Nov05-04 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
Stay overnight at the hotel here.
10Nov05-08 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
We took another dip at the pool again.
10Nov05-10 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
10Nov05-11 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
10Nov05-15 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
10Nov05-19 Guangzailing Mudhotspring.JPG
A preview of my poledance routine :)
10Nov05-22 FireWater Cave.JPG
Firewater Cave, a miracle of fire & water existing together
10Nov05-24 FireWater Cave.JPG
10Nov05-25 FireWater Cave.JPG
10Nov05-28 FireWater Cave.JPG
A devotee praying for a miracle?
10Nov05-32 FireWater Cave.JPG
Strange plant called the Sausage Tree
10Nov05-33 FireWater Cave.JPG
Sausage Tree
10Nov05-34 Ancestral Temple.JPG
Ancestral Temple
10Nov05-37 Ancestral Temple.JPG
Here, it says my ancestors came to Taiwan from China in the Ming Dynasty.
10Nov05-44 Ancestral Temple.JPG
Made offerings to ancestors
10Nov05-50 Ancestral Temple.JPG
Drying peanuts outside.
12Nov05-03 Auntie&niece.JPG
Farewell to my aunt and niece
13Nov05-04 Nephew.JPG
After 1 night in Taipei, bid farewell to my relatives.
13Nov05-06 Cousin.JPG
13Nov05-07 Uncle&Aunt.JPG
14Nov05-01 Zoo.JPG
BG still got 2 days in Taipei. He went to zoo the day after I left for S'pore.
14Nov05-09 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-10 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-13 Zoo.JPG
Mum & relatives
14Nov05-18 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-23 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-26 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-30 Zoo.JPG
14Nov05-41 Shengkeng.JPG
Shengkeng, an old street famous for fermented beancurd.
14Nov05-53 Shengkeng.JPG
My favourite stall here
14Nov05-57 Shengkeng.JPG
Fermented Beancurd
14Nov05-58 Shengkeng.JPG
Sipadan 2005
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Japan, Formosa Tour 2004
103104-01 Hakone.JPG
BG, mum & I at Gora Station
103104-06 Lake Ashi.JPG
Pirate ship lake tour is 1 highlight u must not miss
103104-07 Hostel.JPG
Japanese style room
110104-01 Hostel.JPG
Japanese Garden
110104-02 Hostel.JPG
Mum & sis.
110104-03 Hostel.JPG
Bro & sis enjoying green tea in Japanese Style Room
110104-04 Lake Ashi.JPG
Miss the lake tour the day before coz drizzling. So we went back again.
110104-05 Hakone Machi.JPG
This place used to take wifes and kids as hostages so tt husbands would not revolt.
110104-06 Hakone Machi.JPG
The warlords could only visit their wifes and kids once a year.
110104-07 Hakone Temple.JPG
It's special coz it's very old & half submerged in Lake Ashi
110104-08 Owakudani.JPG
Cable car over Owakudani. Full of sulphurous fumes and steam
110104-09 Cable Car.JPG
Me & mum in cable car
110104-10 Hakone.JPG
Mountain train took us to this isolated temple
110104-11 Hakone.JPG
We trek up half an hour to a more isolated temple.
110104-12 Hakone.JPG
Famous for a very ancient cave temple. This is the main temple outside the cave.
110104-13 Hostel.JPG
Bye bye to hostel, proceed to Gotemba Station for Mt Fuji
110204-01 Mt Fuji.JPG
Just outside hostel, Mt Fuji in the morning sun
110204-02 Mt Fuji.JPG
Outside hostel. Hostel rather regimented with bunk beds.
110204-03 Bat Cave.JPG
Fuji full of Lava Caves. This is 1st cave we visited, Bat Cave.
110204-04 Cave.JPG
On the way while visiting 2nd cave.
110204-05 Cave.JPG
Red authmn leaves
110204-06 Fire Cave.JPG
Entrance to Fire Cave. No fire, used as refrigerator in the past coz it's cold.
110204-07 Ice Cave.JPG
Ice cave. Mum reluctant to go into cave.
110204-08 Ice Cave.JPG
She's afraid earthquake might occur while we were in the caves.
110204-09 Ice Cave.JPG
Most ice had melted as the hottest days of summer had ended.
110204-10 Lake Kawaguchi.JPG
Lake Kawaguchi
110204-12 Lake Kawaguchi.JPG
110204-13 Lake Kawaguchi.JPG
110204-14 Fuji.JPG
Evening. Mt Fuji could be seen again. Too much cloud in the afternoon.
1103-01 Hostel.JPG
This is also Olympic Youth Memorial Hall
1103-02 Meji Shrine.JPG
Meji Shrine. The wood used for the entrance came fr Taiwan's Alishan.
1103-03 Meji Shrine.JPG
Wish peace to the world!
1103-04 Meji Shrine.JPG
1103-05 Tokyo Station.JPG
We walked to Imperial Palace from Tokyo Station
1103-06 Ginko Bolevard.JPG
Ginko trees.
1103-07 Imperial Palace.JPG
We can only admire from outside.
1103-08 Imperial Palace.JPG
1103-09 Imperial Garden.JPG
Luckily, the imperial garden is open to all. Behind is the remains of a fort
1103-10 Askusa Shrine.JPG
This is the entrance to Asakusa Shrine called the Kannon Gate.
1103-11 Asakusa.JPG
That day was a day where many shrines were celebrating the Authmn Festival.
1103-12 Asakusa.JPG
The shrine gives offering to Buddhist of Mercy.
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Long ago, 2 fishermen found a small statue of Buddhist of Mercy in their net.
1103-14 Tokyo Tower.JPG
Tokyo Tower at night
1103-15 Tokyo Tower.JPG
Rainbow bridge
1103-16Tokyo Tower.JPG
Tokyo city at night
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110404-01 Nikko.JPG
Nikko is a world heritage site.
110404-02 Nikko.JPG
As it's colder, you can see more authmn colours in the leaves
110404-03 Nikko.JPG
Rinnoji Temple of Toshogu Period
110404-04 Nikko.JPG
Rinnoji Temple
110404-05 Nikko.JPG
Rinnoji Temple
110404-06 Nikko.JPG
Toshogu Shrine
110404-07 Nikko.JPG
110404-08 Nikko.JPG
The architecture is more like ancient China's.
110404-09 Nikko.JPG
Architecture is more elaborate than later shrines which emphasize simplicity
110404-10 Nikko.JPG
Toshogu Shrine
110404-11 Nikko.JPG
Toshogu Shrine
110404-12 Nikko.JPG
Futarasan Shrine
110404-13 Nikko.JPG
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