28th Oct - 飞来诗 --> 雨崩

Woke up early today to catch the sunrise!
We will really lucky to be able to catch the sight of it ! Because, there are people who stayed at 飞来诗 for many days just to catch the magnificent view of sunrise shinning on Kawagebo Peak
The Sun is finally out !

We changed our initial plan of just going 明永冰川. We decide to travel as a gang of 7 to 雨崩 first, stay 1 night there, next day will proceed to 明永冰川. Since, we have some flexibility, we decide to extend 1 more day at this beautiful place.

We found a 面包车 to fetch us to 西当热永唐. We started our trek, it is UP HILL ALL THE WAY! OMG! But somehow, this wasnt as bad as TLG first day. I dint felt so drained, tired & giddy. Maybe, its because 导游 was carrying our day pack. This time round, we decide to share a day pack, will take turn to carry it.

This time round, the negative thoughts of "why torture myself with all these trekkings?" was absence. Really felt more energised this time!

After 3.5 hrs of trekking, we break for lunch. They say we have covered 10km! The noodle for lunch was really HORRIBLE! Its bland, no taste at all! They just use water, put the noodle it, boil till the noodle cook. Pass the bowl to us, ask us to add our own soya sauce n chilli powder to make it tasty. And it cost us RMB8?! We should have opt for instant noodles instead.

Another 8 km more, will reach 雨崩! The 2nd half of the trip was really much easier! Yeah! We did it! We reached around 4 plus, earlier than we expected. We trekked for a total of 5.5 hrs. Totally exhausted!

Wonder is running a marathon as bad as this ? Or this should be worse? Since it is at a higher altitude and uphill most of the trek.

So glad that they have hot showers! Although it is super basic here, but at least we can keep ourselves clean by showering! This place reminds me alot like nepal.

This place is really beautiful ... with a snow-capped mountain just in front of us. This is the reward for all the panting, uphill that we endured.

We assigned A Hui to help us order dishes for dinner. We are famished. We just clean out all the 7 dishes and soup that we ordered! Food taste so good when you are hungry.

We also ordered 一斤 locally brewed red wine - done by the guesthouse. Its not too bad .. quite smooth, mixed with tinge of sweet and sourness. I just had a small cup.

Went back to our room to rest by 9 plus. But I just cant get to sleep! The whole night I was just tossing and turning. Haiz ... not sure why. As the floors were made of wooden plank, I could hear when anyone walked to & fro upstairs. This is my 1st night during the whole trip I cant sleep!

Next morning when I wake up, they were telling me that there were at least 3 rats (big & small) running around upstairs. One of them even encountered one in his room on him! He has to flung it out of his bed! YUCKS !