Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Dec XP 09 Specials: The main group photos
Day 1 - airport>
Changi Airport

Taipei Airport

Our little lodge, girls' room =) Look at those pillows!
Day 2 - Xiang yang shan
At the base of XiangYangShan

Ooops...a little shady

Pit stop!

A little shady again...sigh. My photography skills are a bit rough around the edges.

Lunch stop! This is another lodge

Almost there!

Oops...sunlight...

Xiang Yang Shan summit photo!
Day 3 - Sanchashan, jiaminghuI realise I've lost the summit photo of SanChaShan..... =(

JiaMingHu, or Jia Ming Lake. Pretty!!!

Headin' back to the lodge!
Day 4 - paiyun lodge on yushan
YuShan start!

Rest stop near the "precious" toilet!

Damn the shadows.....

This is one of my favourites!!!! SAF style photo outside PaiYun Lodge! Wish Jethro was in this picture. He was the one taking it.

Sunset group photo at PaiYun Lodge

The bunk above us. Sorry Marcus! [he's on the far right end because he refused to spoon or be spooned]
Day 5 - Yushan, Shimenshan
YuShan Summit! And yes, Yu means jade

Brunch photo with the great cook! [whom Sam was so fascinated by....]

Summit photo of ShiMenShan! Poor guide got angry with us...

One of 2 nights in the police lodge....
Day 6 - Natlpark, 7ka lodge
Morning exercise...

Group photo at the Salmon conservation reserve

Shei Pa National Park Museum!!!

The start of Xue Shan! The boardwalk is so nice =)
Day 7 - XueShan, XueShanDongFong
Photo taken [as you can read] by Tony! A nice photographer whom we met. He was also on his way to summit Xue Shan with his friend.
This is the 369 [GANGSTA!] lodge. We were supposed to stay in this last night but stayed one earlier on.

That's...how you can tell how inferior my camera is compared to Tony's.

Xue Shan main peak!


Xue shan East peak!

Back down at the boardwalk. Time to sing!
Day 8 - YunNingShanWu on Nanhu
The road opposite the trail head of Nan Hu Da Shan. This is my current computer desktop pic =)

Damn camera....

Bread lunch!

Slope picture at a rest stop!
Day 9 - NanHuDaShan
Sunning our fronts on our way to Nan Hu Da Shan. I can't believe at that point of time I couldn't remember that the position we were standing in was called an "arc" -.-"

Rest stop!! Click for a closer view.

Huddling!

*XXXXXMUAXX* From Taiwan with love and kisses.

NanHuDaShan main peak!!! THE MOST AWESOME VIEW EVER.
Day 10 - NanHuDongFong, ShenMaChenShan
Nan Hu East peak! I recall the wind...brr...

Nan Hu North peak! [Don't ask me why i look like i'm trying to "say" Jethro...]


ShenMaChenShan! Celebrating the.....30 second ascent to the summit!
Day 11 - 7ShingShan (Volcano), ShiLing Market
Lodge photo with Pangolin! [that's a nickname, duh] Another great cook! =)


Photo at 7[read Qi]XingShan near one of its smoky craters

Boardwalk!

7XingShan summit!

THERE!

After dinner photo of us and the CTMA! [Chinese Taiwan Mountaineering Association]
I'm wondering why the abbreviation is in English....when it's obvious that they all speak chinese...and the newsletter is in Chinese....
Day 12 - museum, taipei 101, departure
Hotel room photo!! MR LIM IS SO CHEEKY. [And HT is half asleep...while Jethro (not in photo) is full asleep]

Relax. Jethro is not lying on Marcus. Marcus is in a gap in the bed. Me too. Meanwhile, HT is snuggling with Kannan....And Mr Lim is STILL cheeky.

ONE MORE TIME!

Candid.

Taipei 101 photo!

The KL bunch photo!

Photo to the entrance of the Chiang Kai Shek memorial

Us trying to copy the memorial...Do I look anything like the guy? -.-"

Desendin the stairs!

Aaaaaaaaaaaand...that's it. Stay tuned for more!
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