Sunday, December 17, 2006

27th Oct - 飞来诗

Work up @ 7am !
Need to check out of the YHA, deposit our bag with them, meeting Will n Hazel at 8 am.

Bought our bus tickets at the station at RMB41. Bump into some drivers who are looking for tourists who are intending to 梅里雪. They gave us some good tips and advice.

The bus was really good, not packed with people! We can have 2 seats to ourselves. It was really a comfortable ride, just some bumpy road along the way. The scenary was great too!
Reached 飞来诗 at around 4 plus.
Our gang of 4 people, transform to 7 of us in the mere 8 hrs bus ride. We are now like a small united nation.

  • Qingmei Bohemenian looking girl from Zhejiang, she is the kai xin guo of the gang !
  • A Hui Serious looking guy from HK, who speak Chinese with no Cantonese accent
  • "Big Moustache" the "Father" of the group
  • Will n Hazel Young british couple who have travelled for 18 mths together. Amazing!
  • Me n 导游 Aytpical Sporeans

L to R: Will n Hazel, Qingmei, 导游, me, 大胡子, A Hui

Our 1st mission together was to hunt for a cheap accomodation. After some tussling with a few owners, we settled with one that is RMB27 per person (with shower). The accomodations at 飞来诗 is charged in such a way; they quote you a price on the room, if you want shower, you need to pay an additional RMB10. Interesting eh? So to save money, you can always choose not to bath!

Will n Hazel shared a double room. While the rest of us shared a dorm. Although, we know each other for barely 24 hrs, we had alot of fun chit-chatting the whole night.
Qingmei and "大胡子" are just like a pair of daughter and father. The father is contstantly nagging at the daughter on what to do and not to do. The daughter will be rebuking back at the advices. Just hearing their conversations is enough to make our day!

Things like, "大胡子" will be asking Qingmei to put on sunscreen, but she will refused as it was not easy for her to get the tan she has now. He will also constantly nag at her to put on more thick clothings.

Qingmei is really a hilarious character. She told us that her dream last time was to be beggar, standing by the street begging together with her husband - she thinks that is very romantic.

The whole night was just filled with laughter.

Nights out at 10pm, so that we can all wake up in time to view the magnificent view of sunrise shinning on the Kawagebo Peak (卡瓦格博) - 6740m, which is the highest point of Meili snow mountains.

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