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