US at Tai Zi Po
Freeee tea-tasting!
At Purple Heaven Palace!
while roaming around, we saw this!! Foreigners in Wudang area practicing taijiquan.. :D
One of the temples
ME!
Ahah. Us trying to blend in with the whole group of tajiquan-ians. haha.
Wudangshan wudangshan wudangshan! :D
GROUP B! WHOOHOO!
I like this photo! :D
Oooh, this was taken on Day 26.. Dy, our dearest tour guide and I decided to make a wish at this wishing tree. (:
Here's mine!
This photo marks us on Day 27!
The whole route from foot of mountain to the peak of mountain..
We are readyyyy!
The total time for us to climb up and down was about 5-6 hours, and right now, my calves and thighs are hurting a lot.It was about 5km up? Yupp.
Seriously, it wasn’t easy to climb up, as it was raining too. My umbrella flew away TWICE. Thanks to the strong winds. But luckily I still managed to retrieve it back with the help of Hao Teng. :D
YAY. REACHED!
My group, Group C, along with Group B went up this mountain together, and everyone was encouraging each other! We were the first 2 teams that arrived first to the Jin Ding, the Golden Peak, together with Mr Low and Mr Chia. There was this tradition of the golden charm locks whereby one can wish for blessings for their family or themselves and so I bought one charm lock for my family!
The Tan family, and my name :D
I was only wearing my dry fit t-shirt, Bermudas, and a poncho all the way up and down. Boy, it is seriously freezing at some point in time, especially when the cold wind blow together with the rain! Otherwise, the temperature is actually still bearable for me. Both my hands were completely numb several times.
While we were climbing up, we met this old man, who was carrying cartons of canned drinks and other food. It was extremely heavy. Edward, Yu Chuan, Nic, Hao Teng, Yuhaw, and some of us helped him along the way to deliver all the food to the different provisions shop. You imagine, if we don’t have the strength to climb up the mountain, what makes us think that this pitiful old man can make it? What’s more, he was carrying a whole lot more than any of us.
I really admired the men who slogged hard to earn money, by carrying people from the foot of the mountain to the (almost) the top of the mountain. And, they only earn a meager amount of 400-500 Yuan (80-100 SGD) per trip. I thought they deserve more than that. Let the photos show you how it is like..
I really enjoyed this trip up to Wu Dang Mountain though everything was so tiring, from travelling time, to climbing time. I had fun!
ADIOS!