Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Friday, January 27, 2012
In Search of Tao - Mount Hua (华山）
Fulfilling a childhood dream. Scaling Mount Hua just to do the plank walk...
Friday, August 19, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Cruising The Roof of the World (Photos Part 1)
Date : 02-14 May 2011
Location : Central Tibet
Riding Date : 4-13 May 2011 on a CJ750 (Chang Jiang 750)
Bike Facts : CJ750 is a replica of Russian Ural, which in turn is a replica of German BMW R71 with sidecar. designed in 1938, 750cc with 24 or 32hp engine.
Tour Operator : www.sidecarrallychina.com
Trip Itinerary :
- Lhasa - Nagatze - Gyantze - Shigatze - Tingri - Mt.Qoomolangma Base Camp - Sakya - Shigatze - Lhasa
Trip Highlight to remember or to forget :
- Puke 5 times from Lhasa airport to Lhasa
- First 2 days of acclimatization, total loss of appetite and nausea and more vomits
- Experience spring/autumn weather, winter/snow and summer heat in within 3 hours!
- Elevation plot : 3600 - 5200m
- Temperature : 0 - 26C
- Failed to ascend to Mt.Qoomolangma Base Camp by bike (It's a 70 years old bike and it's not mine.. so it's not my call to abort!) , took a sleepy mini bus instead.. a downer yes! then again.. it means I have a good reason to return to accomplishment the pimple mission!
- Tashi delek Tibet!.. You know I'll be back
Location : Central Tibet
Riding Date : 4-13 May 2011 on a CJ750 (Chang Jiang 750)
Bike Facts : CJ750 is a replica of Russian Ural, which in turn is a replica of German BMW R71 with sidecar. designed in 1938, 750cc with 24 or 32hp engine.
Tour Operator : www.sidecarrallychina.com
Trip Itinerary :
- Lhasa - Nagatze - Gyantze - Shigatze - Tingri - Mt.Qoomolangma Base Camp - Sakya - Shigatze - Lhasa
Trip Highlight to remember or to forget :
- Puke 5 times from Lhasa airport to Lhasa
- First 2 days of acclimatization, total loss of appetite and nausea and more vomits
- Experience spring/autumn weather, winter/snow and summer heat in within 3 hours!
- Elevation plot : 3600 - 5200m
- Temperature : 0 - 26C
- Failed to ascend to Mt.Qoomolangma Base Camp by bike (It's a 70 years old bike and it's not mine.. so it's not my call to abort!) , took a sleepy mini bus instead.. a downer yes! then again.. it means I have a good reason to return to accomplishment the pimple mission!
- Tashi delek Tibet!.. You know I'll be back
more pics to come, and video too!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Diving into the sunken city
Finally I accomplished one of my mission - diving in Qiandao Lake (千岛湖).
I first learn about this dive when I first came to Shanghai, and in desperate search for diving trip, and this is one so excite me.
It will not only be diving in a freshwater lake, and also into a sunken city, Lion City. coincidentally the same sanskrit name for Singapore.
The trip was operated by Big-Blue (www.big-blue.cn).
With water temperature at the bottom at 10-12°C. A dry or semi-dry suit is required.
But we are given 2x 3mm wet suit which works fairly well.
I wore a single diving glove and my hands go numb at the bottom.
It's a very challenging dive and definitely not a fun dive.
The visibility was bad and it is worst than night diving I did in Pulau Aur in Malaysia.
But it's definitely worth the experience, one that I will never forget.
Especially where I have to abandon dive for the first time in my last and 3rd dive.
More on this maybe on my next post, when I can find the time.
For this trip I tested a new underwater goggle camera for this trip. Liquid Image HD320.
and here's the video...
I first learn about this dive when I first came to Shanghai, and in desperate search for diving trip, and this is one so excite me.
It will not only be diving in a freshwater lake, and also into a sunken city, Lion City. coincidentally the same sanskrit name for Singapore.
The trip was operated by Big-Blue (www.big-blue.cn).
With water temperature at the bottom at 10-12°C. A dry or semi-dry suit is required.
But we are given 2x 3mm wet suit which works fairly well.
I wore a single diving glove and my hands go numb at the bottom.
It's a very challenging dive and definitely not a fun dive.
The visibility was bad and it is worst than night diving I did in Pulau Aur in Malaysia.
But it's definitely worth the experience, one that I will never forget.
Especially where I have to abandon dive for the first time in my last and 3rd dive.
More on this maybe on my next post, when I can find the time.
For this trip I tested a new underwater goggle camera for this trip. Liquid Image HD320.
and here's the video...
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