我要去旅行呀

雖然唔係好耐之前去咗，但基本上都係去湊仔，都不算是旅行嘛，所以感覺上好似好耐好耐無去過旅行了。

我要去真的旅行呀！

但係，基本上，短期內都唔會發生啦。嗚嗚...

很窮，又無人睇住小J…

See You Next Time

Last post talked about my trip to 娘家。This post talks about 小妹's trip to 我家.

One month (well… almost one month). Time flies. Too bad that I had to go back to work. Feel a bit bad about leaving her on her own most of the time.

And she did so much housework for us: making desserts, hanging and folding clothes, wash dishes, cleaning up after us, tidying up the office floor, unloading the dishwasher, providing a distraction to 小Ｊso that we could work on something else etc.

Now that she’s gone, I’m worried. How are we going to pick up all these ‘extra’ housework??

I hope I didn’t slave her too much (I didn’t request her to do them. She volunteered.) and I hope she had a good time in here and didn’t find it too boring.

And it’s nice to have an extra body at home la. 感覺上是熱鬧點，又有人跟我一起返教會，很開心喲～

我一個月，佢一個月，總共兩個月，真的是很難很難得才可以這樣。

兩個月一眨眼就過了。

As I always said, if it’s not bcos of 大小二Ｊ，I think 我回流了喇。

可能這也是神的計劃的一部份耶，衪在這麼安排了很多'工作'給我囉。

On a separate note, the futon that we’ve bought two years ago finally 大派用場了喲！之前海倫媽媽都有用過兩次，但今次是瞓足一個月耶，很厲害呀！而且真的是很好瞓的啦，小妹睡完也讚，之前花的一筆是值回票價的！

HK Home 2013

Went back to 娘家 for the whole month of April. Didn’t do much. Just staying home and visiting family and friends. It was actually quite a nice stay. The only stress comes from 小Ｊ.

I think he had a very gd time there as well. Eat lots of food. Went to the park pretty much every day. Got lots of personal attention from everyone.

I had a very healthy time there. Work out once a day for 85% of my time there. Went jogging quite a bit. Shredded some pounds (altho has already gained them all back now I’m back in TO) and even made my PB of jogging the furthest in one go. Quite proud of myself. I’ve got to say, without work and with my family around to take care of 小Ｊ(and me! I basically don’t have to do any housework), it’s definitely a LOT easier to keep up with the exercise regime.

Didn’t meet every single frd that I meant to see cos apparently, some people simply has no desire to see me ever again. I reached out. Some of them gave me a minimal response but when trying to pin down an exact date and time, that person never got back to me. Some didn’t even respond to the first message. Felt a bit like broadcasting my request for contact to the universe and received no response bcos the aliens simply didn’t want to be in contact with me human. Oh well… I tried. 人家不願相見就罷了，勉強無幸福，下次我不再為這幾個人浪費心神就是了（現在是這樣說吧，可能下次又心血來潮去送上門找人家然後又再被人唾棄多一次）。

Some other frds tho, 真的很正，超易約，一叫就到，仲要連地點都就哂我，超唔話得。我愛你們。

其中一個 surprise 係在多人多認識的JY小妹妹，回流咗番香港幾年，我跟她基本上是沒有 contact 乜滯，之前返香港話搵佢話話吓又無咗回事，今次終於都搵佢，佢又肯出黎，見面的感覺又很良好，都唔覺得原來係咁耐無見，小妹妹除咗成熟咗小小之外，都無乜點變。

又有三個差不多十年無見的舊戰友，喺第三者度得知我約咗某些人出黎食飯，竟然自薦要出現，咁既朋友邊度搵。

雖然有被人唾棄的時候，但能夠 get back in contact with some good friends, 算落我算是賺了。 ^_^

大家都請我食飯，我真係過意唔去。

有一餐又好白痴，明明係夾錢食飯，但到俾錢既時候我先發現原來我無帶錢包出街，淨係帶咗發達窿出街，結果變相屈朋友們請我食飯，自己都覺得自己超糗。

今次返去又可以跟媽過生日，乘機出街吃一餐。諗諗吓，上次返去賀小妹生日，再上一次是爸生日。呵呵，真好，佢哋Ｄ生日全部都係旅遊淡季！

不過坐飛機有夠辛苦的，去的時候還可，因為很幸運地有個空位讓小Ｊ坐，回來的那程比死更難受，睡又睡不了，位子又窄，電影又看不了，呆呆的坐十多粒鐘，好彩小妹跟人家掉了位，可以一齊坐，已經算是不幸中的大幸了。這就是做 cheap 精唔買多個機位的下場。>_<

Camping 去

Went camping this long weekend.

It was a little tough with my current body condition, especially getting in and out of the little two-person tent. But it wasn’t unmanageable. I was glad that I bought a relatively thick air mat this time tho cos it definitely helped the sleeping.

We went to Presqu’ile Provincial Park this time. It wasn’t a bad campsite but it was very buggy. We got eaten alive by mosquitoes.

The weather was great. Sunny everyday. Clear clear sky for star-gazing at night. No moon either. (I almost always ended up going camping on full moon by chance that it affected my star-gazing but this time we were super lucky) Can’t ask for too much more. It was just too bad that I didn’t expect myself to stay up late at night to star gaze. If I knew that I would and that the sky would be so clear, I would have brought my tripod and took some night shots… What a waste of opportunity!

We went hiking for a little bit. The first trail (marsh trail) was gd. The other two were kinda deadly, especially the Newcastle Trail. We weren’t hiking in that trail. We were running for our lives. We didn’t even finish it. Luckily there’s this spot where the trail joined the main road so we just came out of the trail and walked along the main road back to the parking lot instead.

Saw a lot of little frogs on Owen Point Trail. Too bad that there were way too many mosquitoes around. Otherwise, we could have enjoy this trail a little more. It’s also a little tough for me to hike as well cos I get tired quite quickly. I was glad that the trails weren’t too long so it was still doable.

The beach was not bad either. Water wasn’t too cold so we all ended up going into the water. Not the cleanest water tho. Pretty cloudy water. Definitely not dipping my head under. Saw a very cute baby playing with the sand and eating some of them. haha… Also saw a kid who chased and shot water at his grandfather/uncle but when the grandfather/uncle got him back, he started crying. What a suck! Hate kids who do that. 你搞人就得，人哋一搞你就喊，你唔玩得就唔好搞人，真想兜把星佢．

It also turned out that it was the history week in the campsite so there were some activities going on. Most of them were for kids tho but we did go to two of them. Not particularly exciting activities but it was kinda nice and it gave us something to do.

And K媽 brought a 毽 to 踢. And even I was playing, too. Can’t believe I still 踢毽 with my clumsy body! haha… K媽 and 賴 were pretty gd at it (gd compared to me and 詹占 anyway). It was surprisingly fun.

First time to go camping with K媽. She’s fun. And extra wonderful cos she doesn’t mind doing the dishes! haha… And 賴 pretty much took care of the cooking. I simply had to help here and there. SWEET!

This is the last summer event that I’ve planned this year, before my whole life style changes forever (just hope that the change won’t be too big and that the changes are good changes).

Hopefully, I can still go camping next year!

Mini-Vaca

Was quite nice. We didn’t have much of an agenda so we mostly just wandered around, looking at shops and such. Even tho I’ve been to Quebec City a couple of times, we still managed to find some spots which I’ve never been to before.

We totally lucked out on the weather. Sunny everyday while we were there and most of the time, not too too hot, as long as you stay in the shade.

Had one fancy dinner on the first night. And some non-fancy ones after. I was surprised that we didn’t eat as much as I thought we would. Probably getting too old, stomach and appetite shrinks.

The expected huge bonus we’ve got out of this trip was that there were two free things at night. One was a 3D projection show that got projected across the river to the huge industrial buildings. The content of the show was… er… not so good. It’s some sort of history of Quebec/Canada from the old days to the modern days but it’s little too artsy with little context so it’s quite hard to follow. I am glad that I’ve taken my citizenship test recently so that I can put some of the things into context. But I really wonder how much does the non-Canadian tourist could get out of this show. The show was long, too. About 50min. We stayed for about 20-30min. It wasn’t too 3D but it was quite impressive to see such a large projection. And it’s free so I try not to complain too much.

On the other hand, the 2nd free show was AWESOME. It was an outdoor free Cirque du Soleil show. It was almost an hour long. Tons of ppl came out. I mean, you have to stand for an hour and all that but it was great. It’s nice of them to do free shows. I wonder if those performers were newbies who aren’t quite gd enough for the real thing yet so they give them this free show as a training ground. It doesn’t matter tho cos they are pretty gd, other than this one guy whom I’ve noticed that he failed twice. Apparently, they do it through the summer so if you happened to go to Quebec City this summer, make sure you don’t miss out this free show!!

There were also all kinds of street performances. And Elton John was in town! Not that we went to his concert but we did witness the craziness of all those ppl who lined up before noon out in an open area under the hot sun in order to get a good seat for the concert at night. Pretty insane. I wonder how many ppl had heat stroke.

Pics of the trip ma… have to wait wait. Since I’m still in the process of finishing up the HK trip and I’m busy with the youth camp pictures these days as well… Really don’t know when I’ll get to this one. =_=

Oh oh… almost forgot to mention. Flying Porter is quite nice, especially the Toronto Island lounge. They give you free water, coffee and juices, as well as almonds, short bread cookies and some other snack while you are waiting for your flight. And nice couches to sit in. And newspaper available for you to read. Felt like a VIP! ^_^

Waiting for the ferry to cross was dumb tho. The other side was so close. I was telling 詹占 that I could probably swim over there faster than waiting for the ferry.

The plane itself wasn’t that special. My seat on the return flight actually kinda sucked. There was some sort of crumbs on it cos they didn’t have time to clean the cabin.

It was definitely nice to be able to get to Quebec in an hour tho, without the ten million pee breaks in the case of a car ride. I just regretted it that I didn’t eat more of those free snacks in the Toronto lounge cos there’s no lounge on the Quebec side, just the regular old airport. It was also relatively easy to get to, without having to taxi or park-n-fly and all those hassles. Will consider fly Porter again in the future.

Mini-Vacation

詹占 n me 要襯在十月前去一個小型旅行，因為十月後會爆忙，plus we’ll probably go back to HK for visit later this year. Due to the limited budget and time, we’ve decided to go to Quebec City for a weekend.

其實本來，今年我哋係去 P.E.I. 的，but due to unforeseeable circumstanace, even if we go to P.E.I., we won’t be able to fully enjoy the cycling and all the other activities that we wanted to do.  So we’ve decided to defer it once again (yes, P.E.I. was supposed to be last year…). Too bad cos I sure do miss the seafood that once again slipped away from my reach! XD

We have both been to Quebec City before on our own. 詹占 hasn’t been for many many years while I’ve been there like 3-4 times since I’ve came to TO. The last time I went there was probably 5 years ago. It’s not supposed to be a highly adventurous trip anyway. We just want to get out there and wind down a little.  Niagara-on-the-lake was another option but then we’ve both been to Niagara together and that it’ll probably still be doable after October as a day trip or something so Quebec was our choice.

We finally booked everything last night. Hotels near Old Quebec City aren’t cheap!!  :S We eventually settled with a hotel that’s at the edge of the Old Quebec City. We’ve also booked only the accommodation instead of one of those packages due to limited budget. Not as ideal as it could be but it’s all gd. :)

Going to fly Porter to Quebec, too, as opposed to driving there.  So that alone is something new. Never fly Porter before. Wonder what it’s like. Probably doesn’t matter much cos the flight was just an hour long anyway.

Just have to wait till departure date! 期待-ing.  ^_^

Camping

Book 咗個 site lu. Quite excited cos 娜娜子 said that she might come to Toronto and join us.

In a way, I hurried so much to book the camp site is bcos of her la. Otherwise, I’d let 小賴 do it and it wouldn’t be a big deal if he dragged too much and ends up not getting a site. 大不了咪冇得去，but if 娜娜子 is really coming, I better have something entertaining for her to do la. 要人家成日呆在我家中實在說不過去嘛，我屋企又唔係有乜咁好玩．

Well… she’s been saying that she would like to come for a few years already. Just talked to her this morning and it seems like the chances of her actually coming is still a big uncertainty. 還是不要抱太大的期望，廢事到頭來又係得個吉，最後失望的還是自己．

But regardless, now that I’ve booked a place that I’ve never been to myself, I’m getting quite excited. Have to wait till Aug though. Seems so far away. I can hardly wait!

回去了，又回來了

從香港回來了，放假的日子是寫意的，是悠閒的．

重遇到很多多年沒見的面孔，有些是上次回港時見過的，有的是中學畢業後便沒見過的，有的是小學畢業後便沒有見過的．這些年來，大家不多不少都有點變了，有些變得沒話題了；有些卻是不用去找，話題還是源源不絕．可幸的是，後者居多．

差不多每晚都有飯局，有時什至午餐都是飯局，不用說老媽有很輕微很輕微的微言，連我自己都食到有點怕了．味精 overloaded.

早上不用上街，待在家裡的時光是美好的．落樓到我最喜愛的公園跑步或閒逛更是我人生最愛做的事之一．喜歡到的一個程度，是如果你說從此以後，我只可以到這裡跑步，我唔會覺得有任何問題．

台灣之旅，是一咋人第一次真正的乘飛機的家庭旅行，．由於是一咋人一起，旅行的活動跟自己去旅行的活動有點不一樣，但還是蠻好玩的，也因為一群人在一起，熱熱鬧鬧，多了不少笑料．就只是苦了小妹，一大早就要為旅程張羅，沒人幫忙孤軍作戰似的，大家都當了她是導遊耶，一路上壓力太大了吧．But really, job well done la and I hope that you had fun also. 其實我在艱難大帶你們去玩，我也常常迷路喇，不過我沒說，你們不知道吧了，而且就算迷路，也是坐在私家車上，所以才沒那麼大怨氣啦．

今次的回去，其實不算做了很多的東西，時間亦不是很多，但就是愛殺了那在家的感覺耶．也都愛殺了我的朋友，不是在多人多沒朋友，但兒時認識的朋友，是特別的，是能讓人心頭暖暖的．當然，不用上班也是一個重要的原因．:P

我希望不用再等三年才再回去！當然，也不可以回得那麼密嘛，一來沒假，二來沒錢，三來我也怕朋友會厭倦我．其實，是真的真的很有衝動要留下來，所以嘛，我近日都對詹占說，若不是你這個死鬼頭，我可能已經放棄了那回程的機票．

香港，自我上次回去以後，不知不覺的改變了很多，不少的地方，似曾相識，但其實不太認識，那熟悉又陌生的感覺，有趣的同時，又有點無奈．感覺是，我，似乎已經不太再屬於香港這地方；但同一時間，雖然已離開多年，但在心深處，我仍是不能否定，我是在這裡成長的，我最最最原本的根，仍在這裡．

擺渡的歲月

在操場內　玩耍中比賽　　在試場內　挑戰著未來
在世途上　但願飛出天際　在旅途上　偏偏盼望回來
在鐘樓下　伴著知己感慨　在教堂外　多麼渴望戀愛

誰人在說　誰人在笑　曾在喧嘩嬉戲中惹禍是誰
誰人在叫　誰人在跳　誰讓光輝的記憶放在這裡
渡海輪上　萬家燈火裡　多少個的你或我　曾為這光景陶醉

路已難辨　舊居都改建　但那懷念　開枝散葉蔓延
物會磨滅　事不可改變　逝去年代　清晰往事可見

決定離去　決定回去　不改變的往事永不會道別誰
哪日離去　哪日回去　一生最好歲月也深種在這裡
什麼時候萬家燈火裡　多少個的你或我　仍為這光景陶醉

買哂

終於都買哂今次返香港同去台灣既雞票，仲有成兩個幾月先出發但已經好興奮咯！

本來舊年都已經要返香港架嘞，但由於突然破產既關係，最後都返唔成。今次又係一早就話要返，但講咗好耐，我都未買雞票，雖然一早已經同舊老細請咗假，但一日未買雞票，一日都未落實。後尾仲話要轉工添，更加覺得個 plan 可能要泡湯。

但一早 interview 嗰時已經話明我十月要請三個星期返香港，波波佬（我個未來老細）話唔係問題，到佢哋真係話要請我既時候，我都不嫌氣咁再問波波佬一次係咪真係十月請三個星期假ok（我願意請無薪假期），波波佬都好爽快咁話ok，所以我接份工都接得安心，亦都即刻開始搵雞票，因為詹占要早返艱難大，所以 book 嘢都好煩。再加上去台嗰一程我哋係用飛行里數去換，又驚會換唔到，不過一切都順利，全部雞票都 book 好 lu.

好想快d出發喲，好掛住香港既朋友仔呀，好掛住我d表弟表妹呀！

PS.小笨實在太了解我喇，好邪！ XD

去玩囉

上個Weekend 去咗 camping，好開心，已經兩年無去過 camping, 去 Peru 嗰時都尚算係 camping 既，話哂都係瞓 tent,但又唔係好算．

今次得我同詹占條友去，唔係唔 welcome 其他人，但真係搵唔到人，以前好似好容易咁，次次都一群人去，但人越大（其實係越老），就越係難約人，所以今次我約咗兩約，ｄ人都冇乜聲氣咁，我都費鬼事睬佢，我 camp site 乜都 book 埋，ｄ人都係冇厘反應咁，難道要我求你不成？睬你都戇，兩條友去仲好，食嘢同活動既安排都 flexible 好多，唔駛吓吓顧住大圍咁麻煩．

Thank God that it hardly rained the whole weekend. I heard that it POURED in Toronto. The temperature was nice. Since it's so late in the season, the number of bugs were quite minimum. I mean, I still got some bites but it could be way worse.

個 campsite 比我想像中差，太 open, 完全同隔離打大對面，我哋前後左右再加四個角落都被狗同 BB 包圍，慘．幸好就係咁多隻狗之中淨係得一隻唔生性，成日吠，好彩夜晚唔吠，否則將它吃掉看你怎麼吠．

去既地方係 Pinery, ｄ設施都好完善，連有個 store 等你可以買嘢，係 wild camping 黎講，真係方便到不得了，如果係一家大細或者一大班想去 camping 但又唔想離開 civilization 太遠既就啱哂。

由於係 car camping, 個 park 又好多人，當然無上次我哋去 backcountry camping 見到咁多動物，但都見到d雀仔啦，龜仔啦，魚仔啦，chipmunk仔啦咁，都算唔錯喇；但如果鐘意睇野生動物既朋友，car camping 就拍馬都追唔上 backcountry 嘞。

希望下年可以再去 camping 啦！

Mexico Take 2

If it wasn't for the wedding, I doubt that I would go back to Mexico. At least not this soon.

This time I went to central Mexico. According to Mr.S, it's as far away from a beach as you can within Mexico. So no lazing around the beach, doing nothing and getting sunburn. The city we went to is called "Aguascalientes", which means hot water. So we did went to try to hot spring there. The spring wasn't too hot. It was more like warm water. Regardless, it was still very relaxing to just lying around in the warmth. My first hot spring experience.

I also had my first tequila in my life in this trip. Way to go. If you are having tequila, you better start in where tequila first started, right? ^o^

What I've done in the trip will be described by my photo album (when I have time to upload my pictures) so I am not going to repeat here.

The wedding though, was the funnest wedding I've ever been to. Not that I've been to a whole lot of weddings but this one was definitely the best one so far. The food was awful, in my opinion anyway, cos almost all the food are super spicy. I cannot eat spicy food. So even though the food itself was quite tasty but I just can't taste it. The only flavour that I could taste was the spiciness.

But the fun part was the dance. Oh man, almost everyone went out to dance. It was great. The locals all knows the songs. And the band has all kinds of props and toys. They brought out a boxing ring for the bride and groom and the in laws, with capes and masks for them to wear. And they all got really into and pretending to be fighting and stuff and that made it really fun. Everyone else were cheering from the side and dancing with the music.

There were also these necklaces. They put them on ppl randomly and it turned out that whoever got it have to do a dance with the pole in the middle of the circle. And nobody who has received the necklace refused to play along. And it's all just fun and stuff, not low class at all. Then they brought out this huge caterpillar thing and there were tons of balloons hiding inside so when they open the caterpillar, so everyone were playing with balloons. I know it sounds very stupid but trust me, it was fun. I was even in this jumpsuit at one point with a few other girls to pretend to be some sort of Mexican boy band and jumping around like an idiot. haha... I wouldn't say that I got forced into it but more like "encouraged" to do so.

There were more little toys like huge balloons and stuff and it was all very very fun. There wasn't any bride and groom games that I usually hate but was all little group stuff like the balloons that anyone can participate.

Really, the Mexicans know how to do weddings. Ten thumbs up!!

The sucky thing was, JJ got sick after the wedding and I got sick the day after. The red eye flight back to Toronto was delayed for 2 hours. And we weren't able to sleep on the plane. I usually can get at least an hour or two but no no no, not this time. So the whole end of the vacation was just very very painful and we were really glad when I got home.

But still, it's a nice vacation. Not one of those deadly vacation where we go hiking and cycling and all those crazy activities but nice and relaxing. Looking forward to the next vacation.

Finally

Time for vacation.

My last vacation was over a year ago in last May. It's time now. Part of the reason to go is for a wedding, a gd motivation to force me take a vacation.

Mexico this time. But no, not all inclusive Cancun, but in the middle of nowhere little city in central Mexico. It's gonna be HOT. If it wasn't for the wedding, I don't think that I would go to Mexico again, at least not so soon since the last time. Last time I went to Mexico during Christmas time to Yucatan, I nearly had a heat stroke. I can't imagine what is going to happen this time. Well.. if I never ever update this blog again, you know that I had died in Mexico...

This is also the most unorganized vacation I've had. Other than having the plane tickets and hotels booked, we have hardly plan what we are going to do there. We haven't even got the local currency yet. I tried to go to the bank to get some Mexican Peso but guess what? I tried two banks and called another one and none of them carry Peso in their branch. I was supposed to order it a week in advance. Argh... I guess I can only get them at the airport, even though the rate is going to be worse. But I don't have any choice. That's the price I have to pay for being unorganized. >_< We are going to be there for about 10 days in this little city. We might end up being super bored. Well... hopefully not...

Even though it's all unorganized and all that, I'm still very looking forward to the trip. I'm really really looking forward to have a break from real life and relax both my body and my mind.

As I was telling 小笨，work and church are both trying to fill my schedule to the fullest possible and to make sure that I will have everythng done before I leave. I still haven't started packing yet and I'm betting on packing all night on Wed cos I'm leaving on Thur early morning. This probably means that I'll forget this and that and this and that in my luggage. Just hope that $$ can solve my problems, whatever problem I'm going to have. Hopefully, I won't forget anything. Fingers cross.

Have a nice trip! (to myself. ha!)

Peru Trip

Back from my trip for a week now. Back in the work force for a week. Have been kept very busy with work and church and last night was the beginning of ultimate season.

Trip was great. Definitely recommand to anyone who are interested. But if u ask me if I would go again, the answer is quite definitely "No". It's something that you would do once in ur lifetime but never again. Frankly, it was quite a bit of suffering to walk up and down those mountains. Legs were so sore after all those walking. But if anyone's interested in doing that, let me know and I can give you a ton of tips to help you make it thru.

I still couldn't believe that I walked 4 days with my huge backpack on my back. There're other tour company out there that they carry ur stuff for you everyday so you only need to carry your little day pack. But I was glad that we went with a company where we carried our stuff sleeping bags and stuff. Besides being a vacation, it was also a personal physical challenge. Now, I can proudly tell people that I've done the Scared Inca trail and I carried my own stuff. (but really, carrying my own stuff does not include tent and food cos the porters of the company carries them. But still, I did carry all my personal stuff and my backpack was quite full.)

I think that the trail itself was difficult enough even at sea level with lots of stairs. It was even harder when the altitude was AT LEAST 3km most of the time (highest point was 4.2km above sea level), the air was so thin that it was hard to get enough oxygen. Walking a few stairs and we were already huffing and panting. Adding the huge pack on our backs, it was very tough, especially bcos I have also decided to haul my camera with extra lens and making sure that I have enough battery power, my pack was at least 8-10lb heavier than what it should be. But it wasn't even a question whether I should bring my camera or not cos I'm going to Machu Picchu man. How can I not bring my camera??

The trek was tough but it was worth it. Met some fun ppl in our group. Got to see the Inca ruins along the way that lazy ppl who took the train directly to Macchu Picchu won't be able to see. It was awesome.

Our tour guy was great. And he's funny, too. I'm glad that he was our guide. :)

Almost all the people in our group is from US. 有時候，真的難免覺得那些美國人真的很低能．其中一個人話全界的城市之中，美國的城市是最好的．真係想嘔．自大狂．
跟住有人又成日開飯既時候 complain ｄ野食，佢話想食 pizza 同漢堡包，係咪低能架？我地食既野都係 d porter 煮既，都不知幾地道，我就覺得好好食．佢呀，食都未食，一見到就話好掛住 pizza，其他有ｄ人就成日話想飲 starbucks, short short 哋架，出去旅遊唔食當地野都有既？揀飲擇食！人哋 porter 煮埋你食都咁多投訴，五行欠打．

我都有掛住 city 既野，就係我張床，四日三晚，係露營，it gets really cold at night up in the mountains. My sleeping bag is a little too short for me. In order to cover myself up, I had to sleep in the form of a 蝦米．But in order to do that, I had to sleep on my side and sleeping on my side wasn't the best way to sleep in a tent cos the ground was too hard. So I didn't sleep too comfortably but still... it wasn't too bad. I didn't complain about it.

Even though our tour company let us carry our own stuff. We do have an option to hire an extra porter to carry things for us, either the whole time or just on the 2nd day (the most physically challenged day where we had to walk 5 hours of stairs to go up to the highest point of the trek). I was honestly quite tempted to get a porter on the 2nd day. Glad I didn't and glad that I survived.

So two of the people in our group hired a porter for the whole trip (while a few hired only on the 2nd day) and we learned at the end of the trip that the porter is a 62 yr old man. And they were laughing at themselves and said that it was really shameful that they paid a 62 yr old man to carry their things (the two of them are about 26, 27 years old). That was so true and so funny.

It was also really funny that we spent more time getting drunk in a village near Machu Picchu than in Machu Picchu. We had to wait for our 6pm train to go back to where we started in the little village. Nobody had enough energy to leave the little restaurant and walk around the little village. Not that much to see there anyway cos it's all souvenir shops. Well... 詹占 and I went out for a quick look cos we were hunting souvenir for 詹占's mom.

Remembering that last day's morning was crazy. In order to see the sun rise at Machu, we had to wake up at 4am to pack our stuff and had breakfast and wait at the gate (the government does not allow anyone to start walking on the trail before 5:30am) in order to be one of the first ones to arrive at Machu. My first time to hike in the dark. And we were all going rather quick despite the fact that we were mostly broken and sore everywhere. And the annoying UK ppl who were walking ultra slowing and blocking everybody. And the virtually vertical stairs near the end while everybody had to get down to "climb" with both legs and hands. (probably can do without hands if u don't have a huge backpack on u so that u don't feel like u are falling backwards but I won't try anyway. It's some serious stairs.)

And then finally reaching Machu. Took a lot of pictures of the same thing. Just to make sure that I do at least get a few gd ones. (I suspect that they all looks the same though! haha... haven't got time to _really_ look at them yet. Quick scan told me that they look ok. Post-sible. Just have to get them organized) Machu Picchu was great. Very 壯觀, especially u look from afar up from the "sun gate". It was awesome. I was so glad that I did hike the trail in order to see Machu Picchu from that distance. Our tour guide said that we totally lucked out on the weather cos it was very clear (got really hot in the afternoon though). He said that the area is normally very very foggy. His group last week didn't get the see Machu Picchu at all from the distance cos the whole thing was just covered by fog. Thanks God for the nice weather!!

And then by the time we actually got there, there were a ton of tourist already. Well... it wasn't too bad cos Machu Picchu is such a big site that you don't really feel _that_ cramped compared to the Ocean Park in HK.

Also did some little tours in Cusco. Pictures will tell the rest of the tale (when I eventually got them all uploaded :P).

Great trek, combination of physical challenge and tourism. Loving it!