青龙峡

I stood at the balcony, wanting to take a deep breath, and then realising this is Beijing…It could do my body more harm than good. ;)

On our 3.5 hour bus ride to 青龙峡, in the suburban area of Beijing, Ji Ya suddenly said, “I am going to give you a Mongolian name.” Oh? And so, my new friend explained that because he got to know me in Spring, I should be named “Nor-min” which means Green.













































When Christina asked if I wanted to visit 青龙峡, all we knew was the place 有山有水. Ahhh, anything to get away from city life, I thought.















These man-made waterfalls were disappointing...















Until...we found this! Reminded me of my farmstay in Australia... =)















It was so much fun trying to jump from one rock to another, and getting to our target a distance away from the main crowd.















Me: Hmmm...which rock...how...
Ji Ya: Bo bian...shoes off socks off...GO!




















ME: Huh...he really go le leh...how?! which rock?!
Ji Ya: I can do it!















Me: Crap...by hook or by crook...I must do it too!




















There…we made it (not without some shouts, screams and serious decision-making)!





























Let me be honest. I expected a proper lunch, in any eatery we can find, with rice or noodles. When Christina whipped out newspapers and more and more food kept coming out of her bag, I knew they were serious about a picnic lunch.


































We had cakes, dried beef, salted veggie, spicy beancurd... It was all so simple and as I sat there, I was truly enjoying every moment of it. I can never do this in Singapore, and I probably wouldn’t do it either…





























This resembled something from Survivor...hee...















Rafts…















Our tour guide, in pink, from 人民大学 (mmm, but it was her first time to 青龙峡 too!)



































At the lower region of the dam…















We had to climb up…




















Eventually reaching…




















That led us to the top! Wow wheee!











































There were so many activities going on. You could hop on a sedan...




















Bungee jump...get on the flying fox...




















Or rock-climb as we did!





















































Rock-climbing seemed like an easy task until you are personally up there, with excruciating pain surging through your arms, seemingly no where else to place your foot, and having no strength at all to pull yourself up. Sobz… Let’s just say I failed the 22m vertical challenge. =(

Leaving 青龙峡, vendors were selling empty gourds. What for? They can actually be used as ladles or scoops! ;)
















gRacE =)