Day 5: Weekend Trip (Drifting / Waterfall)

Woohoo! Woke up rather early today at around 6 plus in the morning, packed our stuffs and went off to meet up with the rest of the group at the administrative block. While waiting for the rest to come, it was some photo taking sessions and resting time.

We set off at around 8plus in the morning for our destination. The bus ride from WUST to Lu Lin was rather long. It took us approximately 4hours or so to get to our destination. Thus, almost of all of slept during the journey as we were all very tired. Along the way, the scenery was rather nice, with all the agriculture and faming activities. It was definitely something which we will never see back home in Singapore. After quite some time, we were going up a mountain which is rather steep with several turns. The ride here was bumpy yet fun.

As we are having our final approach to our destination, we were getting excited and looking forward to the activities which we will be having following that day. Before that, we went down to the dining hall at the lower part of the place to have our lunch of the day.

After having our lunch, all of us changed into our gears to prepare for the next activity, water drifting. After which, we went to collect our life vests, waited awhile and off we go! Water drifting was very fun and exciting, with all the rapids and currents. The whole journey for water drifting is approximately 7km as we were told by the tour guides. It took us approximately around 2hours or so to complete the whole water drifting activity.

After we reached the ending point of the water drifting activity, we went on to have our showers and changed into clean and dry clothes. Then, some of us went to buy some of the candid photos which were taken by the staff over there, while the rest either rest on the bus or went down to get some food to eat.

It was time to set off again! This time, we went to the “mei ren gu” at the other side of the town. The scenery there was very beautiful with waterfalls, rapids, rocks and plants. It took us approximately 1 or 2 hours to walk throughout the whole place of interest, and for sure, there is a lot of photo taking sessions in between! The place was very nice and cooling as well, with all the waterfalls to cool the place. I shall let the photos do the talking!

After we let the “mei ren gu”, we boarded the bus and off we go for dinner! After dinner, all of us checked into the resort or hotel which I will say it’s better than our hostel. Soon after we checked in, we have to leave the room to proceed to watch some local performance whereby there will be dances, songs performances as well as skit. It was rather interesting to see something different. For the finale of the performance, there were these few guys who performed with fire torches and then light up the campfire. Then, those who were there gathered around the campfire to have some sort of singing and dancing before the whole event comes to an end.

Here are some of the photos of the room!

After watching the performance, all of us went back to our rooms and bathe. Most of us turned in early tonight as we were all very tired and there aren’t a lot of things for us to do other than watching TV. Thus, we decided to turn in early for the night.

Alrights! That’s all for today! Here are some interesting photos which I took along the way. Click to enlarge. More photos will be uploaded on my facebook! Enjoy! :D

My Reflections:

Based on what I had observed and gathered today, after experiencing these activities, I realized that the natural environment is of such great beauty and thus, we should not exploit too much from the nature. We should in turn, protect and preserve the environment. From the natural environment, we will be able to understand a lot of things such as the processes and patterns of nature.

“The richness I achieve comes from the Nature, the source of my inspiration”
- Claude Monet