"I was not born moving to spend my life standing still....."

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tiger Leaping Gorge - Part II

So, remember how in the previous post I said that i had been told not to do this trek in the rain?? Well guess what we woke up to the following morning?? RAIN!!!!

And not just a little bit either...it had been absolutely bucketing down all night, so as we set off we discovered that where the track was dirt it had turned to mud, and where it was stones it was really slippery.

As well as the mud and the slipperiness (I'm not actually sure if thats a word...!), random waterfalls kept appearing out of no where right in the middle of the track. So you have no other option but to walk over the top of them or through them to get to the otherside. At the time it was quite funny, but as you look back you kind of start to think 'Wow, that was really dangerous!!!'.

This part of the trek however was quite pretty with lots of flowers and brilliant views (which would have been more brilliant had the weather not been so bad!). And it was all practically down hill or on flat ground...so nice and easy in comparison to the day before! We made it to our last guesthouse, Tinas, at around 3pm. It was practically all downhill for about an hour so that was fun running down this big grassy hill....until a slipped and slip for about 3 meters down the side of it! I slowed down after that....

After grabbing some lunch we decided to stay the night and complete the last part of the trek the
next day.


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