We hiked up a trail that took us to 2 waterfalls and it took us the whole day... and after that we landed up at a motel in Mariposa, 25 miles from Yosemite. A good rest before we start off for our whitewater rafting trip
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Yosemite & Whitewater Rafting |
17th May 2003 - 18th May 2003 |
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We left for Yosemite at 3:30am just a few hour from our farewell dinner.
It's my 2nd time at Yosemite and this time it's for hiking and not for
driving around and sightseeing. =P We had about 18 people going for the trip
and had 4 vehicles. But in the end, 3 vehicles of people met up to hike... We hiked up a trail that took us to 2 waterfalls and it took us the whole day... and after that we landed up at a motel in Mariposa, 25 miles from Yosemite. A good rest before we start off for our whitewater rafting trip ::Jump to Day 2 |
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 Our car (white) and Darius' minivan... then we met up with Colin's car |
 We parked our vehicles at Curry Village and started our hike |
 Sign to some trails and we were taking the Happy Isles trail, see Sherine so happy liao... |
 There's Sherine, Colin, Edric, Peiling, Bao Lei, Xie Ke |
 Also, Geeta, Varun, Minghui, Darius, Haoning and her friend on a visit, Adrain |
 Can see me? In the center? |
 Some people camping |
 Here goes our starting point |
 Bridge |
 Me |
 River |
 Hiking upslope was quite tiring |
 Some rapids |
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 A bird with blue feathers |
 Near the base of a waterfall |
 Colin |
 The water's flowing fast |
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 Xie Ke |
 Me... there was so much mist from the waterfall and we all got drenched climbing up to the top of the waterfall |
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 Wet, wet, wet |
 A rainbow! |
 Sherine and me |
 Trail up the waterfall |
 Finally we were at the top |
 Top of the waterfall |
 Water flowing endlessly |
 A cute Yosemite search-and-rescue dog |
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 Sherine |
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 Group picture |
 Bao Lei and me |
 Edric |
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 Taking a break by a stream... |
 ... before we hiked back to our cars |
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 Colin, Edric, Bao Lei, me and Xie Ke |
 At top of the 2nd waterfall |
 We were taking a different trail back... on a horsetrail and this one looks wet |
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 A pair of deer |
 Finally made the trail! All tired... |
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