Monday, September 17, 2007

china competition

I just want to share my pics from China. For those who don't know, I went there last week for an invitational competition sponsored by the China Mountaineering Federation. Yup, sagot nila lahat, from airfare to lodging to food. Isa akong sineswerteng nilalang.

Mahirap i-describe kung gaanong kaganda yung experience dahil nagmamadali ako sa pagsulat ng post na 'to, kaya para sa ngayon, ito muna, dalawang litrato:


Para sa non-climbers: Dito kami dinala sa last day namin para magsightseeing. They say it's one of the top tourist places in China. They contained a body of water to make into this "stream" (at sa dulo, isa siyang malaking dam). Mala-Jurassic Park ang dating. For picture-taking purposes talaga!


Para sa climbers: Ito ang competition venue. SOBRANG BONGGA ng event. Yung opening ceremonies lang parang 3 hours, kumpleto, may mga artista at variety show! Yung actual climbing wall ay nasa bandang kanan pa niyang mga red balloons. Isang sandstone face na 60 meters high. Or 196 feet.


At walang katapusan ang cliffs na nakita at nadaanan namin. Sobrang fresh ng hangin at atmosphere, peaceful! Parang Baguio ang lamig, pero walang sinabi ang Baguio sa katahimikan. Ang pagkain, puro Chinese food na hindi pamilyar sa atin, kaya't nakakabagot at nakakasawan (sorry). So hindi ako masyado happy sa food...Pero syempre, overall, ayus pa din.

Please go here to visit my whole photo album: http://picasaweb.google.com/inaflores/ChinaInvitationalCompetition2007
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9 comments:

  1. Myra LSeptember 17, 2007 at 10:03 PM

    Bongga ka 'day.

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  2. irene c.September 18, 2007 at 4:03 AM

    ahhh..china!!! chinese food...chinese men!!!! hope u had super fun dear...miss yah

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  3. patty cakesSeptember 18, 2007 at 6:23 AM

    Wow! Nice pic. Share more :)

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  4. patty cakesSeptember 18, 2007 at 6:31 AM

    Nice pics. Parang Grand Canyon. Was it part of the 'Three Gorges?' Usually featured in travel books on 'must-see places.'

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  5. christine leonesSeptember 19, 2007 at 4:16 AM

    wow a constructed/manipulated natural wonder. astig!

    congrats ina!

    me tanong ako, madali bang akyatin yung mga ganyang formations na parang ang daming ridges? o masyadong far apart o malalaki yung holds? ay wait, wala pala sa picture yung wall na talagang inakyat niyo. hehe. erase, erase.

    irene, classic yung hirit mo. kelan ka bibisita dito!? amishu!

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  6. irene c.September 19, 2007 at 4:34 AM

    hi tin...next month ill be in manila na...bwhahahah see yah

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  7. Francis ManalotoSeptember 19, 2007 at 7:28 AM

    ang ganda naman sa china!

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  8. michelle panganibanSeptember 20, 2007 at 3:35 AM

    wow. ang swerte mo talaga ina ;-)

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  9. Ina FloresSeptember 20, 2007 at 8:09 AM

    Yey!!! Welcome Irene!!! iKaw ha is that supposed to be a surprise?? Hindi ka nagsasabi! I hope you're arriving around late october cos I'll die at work around the 1st-2nd weeks...;-) Dapat ikaw ang nandun ang daming intsik!! (malamang diba! hehehe)

    Tin: You can see a pic of the climbing wall in the other album :-) but actually, yes, the photo above is similar to what we climbed. Well, technically it is harder because the angle is heavier (think more overhangs?), but the holds are varied -- some big, some small -- so that just evens out the difficulty.

    Patty: And galing mo! Now that you mentioned it, it IS a mountain gorge..."TAIHANG BAQUAN GORGE"....probably one of the three??

    Francis: Super :) sobrang sarap tumayo lang mag-isa at hindi mamansin at i-absorb and nature.

    Mitzi: YES, SWERTE TALAGA. I'm so thankful :)

    Si Myra hindi ko na pinansin kasi naka-chat ko na siya. Hahaha.

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