Sunday, February 03, 2008

'Hiking' in TaTaJia

The 'Tai Chi' guys asked me to go with them on a hiking trip in the mountains. We took all of our camp gear and I was specifically told to bring lots of warm clothes as it could get very cold up in the mountains.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, it rained all day, so instead of camping we slept on mats in the tourist information centre. And instead of hiking, it was more like a 'paseo' on raised platforms. The guys did not want to go on a long hike as it was 'so' cold. To me it felt like a normal winters day in the UK!
So even though I did not do any hiking, it was still nice to get out of the city and into the countryside and breathe some fresh air. And it is always fun to hang out with the Tai Chi guys.












How i hated those umbrellas!









We also made a detour to drink some tea









The cloudy view









Cooking dinner in the cold wind and rain.









I can even study Chinese when I use the urinals.
The tai chi guys









A tree that is over 2000 years old
















Beware, bears!









Taken whilst 'strolling' in the forest
































1 comment:

Matt said...

That last shot looked very pretty.

I am going to be in Singapore the end of this year - expect a visit.