dear frens,

(special shout out to my darlings charm, queen abi, kath and  lady jojo)

 we went to jiang xi and an hui sen this year.

visited a ton of mts and one of our grp members passed on the 3-gods mts; it s a famous taoist mt where 3 taoist gods were enlightened.

that happened on the 22th.

i'll never forget that day as long as i live. this post is a tribute to him. he was a generous, kind and happy soul. No one could imagine that he left us on that fateful wet morning while hiking up the mt.

i ll always remember that day. i was so cold and sad i could not speak.

here are some other pics taken on the trip.

we climbed up there to the rock. KIDDING... we ll need to be prof mt climbers to do so...

can u see the pig? zhu ba jie of journey to the west apparently stood on this clift to meet his lover chang e

trees enshrouded by mist. the mt was real cold.

Lu shan. we were real lucky to see this. it is misty 300 days a year!!!

i was amused by the wind-speed measurements... afterall, i m a geog student

didnt i tell u the mt is really preety??

pine leaves and dew. i tho the pine leaves looked like porcupines when bunched together :)

 the tour guide explained that at a certain height, the trees are all straight not becos of the gravi pull but becos the wind is so strong, it forces the trees to grow hori instead of verti

this used to be li bai's school of thought. he thought here for some 30 years. but now it's converted into jade shop-houses. this is at jiu hua shan.

jiu hua shan has 99 temples... so we did aLOT of climbing... this is a 15 min walk frm our hotel

see the tree is split in half, it s a natural phenomenon

rat waiting for food at the offering pond. buddhist believe in doing good so they often release fishes back into the wild. in the morn teh old ladies of the town feed the fish broken rice.

the sun was shining so beautifully... it almost seemed like something good was about to happen

can u imagine how much i climbed to get up here???!!!

one of the numerous temples we visited

the chrysanthemums were huge bigger than my fist... my bro wanted to box them but this old nun was watching so we walked away...

as u can see kai chi loves trees...

Wu yan the house of zhu rong ji

it s considered the last village in china...

another beautifully artistic tree

I guess charm and abi are sorely disappointed now cos when i promised pics... they expected pics of me??? HAHA not A CHANCE...

i leave u with my bro's pic  here he is watching me perform on stage... sounds familar?? lol...

dont u think my bro is mean??? how can he look so bored? so non-chalent when I M PERFORMING???!!!!

me on the qing dynasty stage... this is a PERSONAL stage mind you... owned by a business man... it was built for his wife on top of a hill; their home is on a hill facing huang shan...

Now since you are so good,kind and patient and MOST IMPORTANTLY not as irritating like my bro was when he watched me perform chinese opera, i'll leave you with another pic of me at an the entrance/road to the old folks home in china; an old folks home for the retired red army

here i am tired after the long walk to the entrance, in the rain. by the way the old folks home was another 30 mins walk to the left....

china has lots of walking. yup that s all i can say...

lots of love,

kai chi