The weekend right after I returned from Taipei a bunch of us went camping.
It's basically a park with these strange standing rock formation.
Pretty cool, but very little vegetation for shade.
We basically ran through the whole trail, especially coming down...for some reason people started sprinting...
I caught on and lead the group of sprinters down hill.
Even with the laggers we still made more than an hour or more of suggested hiking time. (I think we made it in 2.5 and the suggested time was 4)
There was also this "cave" we went to during the Sunday morning hike right before we left.
It's really a whole bunch of boulders falling on top of each other...
We were paranoid about a sudden earthquake while we were still under these boulders.
Pinnicles National Monument is known for its condors and bats breeding there; luckily, this cave was not filled with bats...
Can you imagine the panic? :D
Quite a few things that happened that were hilarious :
One of us, Mano, was sitting down at the picnic table at the campsite as Shinning and Andy were cooking. All of a sudden he jumped up, darted over towards us, and started screaming, in a very fast pace, "SNAKE! SNAKE! THERE IS A SNAKE!" I didn't think seeing a snake was a big deal until he said he's been bitten by one.
I then went over to take a look at the snake and pointed out. This all happened when Shinning and Andy were lifting up the grill, with the chicken they were cooking on top, of the barbecue to add charcoal. Then he started to panic and shooting out his words like a machine gun, "What do I do? What do I do? Should I suck the venom out?!" Shinning and Andy got closer to take a look, forgetting they were both holding a grill, and all of the chicken flopped to the ground! Amidst the chaos, Mano pointed out the snake bite, the size of a pin prick, was on his toe.
"What do I do? What do I do? Should I suck the venom out?!" Once again, Mano panicked. No one was really willing to suck his toe...So I told him to let us know when he feels dizzy or his toe changed color and we'll rush him to the hospital.
The breakfast was simply amazing thanks to mama Bae.
on Saturday we had juk that was slow cooked with gingseng. This was breakfast for the second day.
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I assume Mano's toe did not need any sucking and he survived. What do I do? What do I do? He can suck his own toe, lol. I rather have juk with gingseng, hehe.
@stevew918 - I'll leave out Mano's fate on the blog as a cliffhanger
Use your imagination
That breakfast looks a lil too gourmet to be camping food. I used to suck on my big toe all the time when i was in kindergarten. I don't see anything wrong with doing it now if it's a live-saving tactic.
@caihwei - I camp with gourmet gay folks
You wouldn't believe how much of their kitchen is at the website...
Anything that does not require electricity is there
@caihwei - Well, he was asking one of us to suck his toe
Congee for breakfast? You camp in style!
Maybe your traveling companion has a fetish.... how did he react when no one "saved" him?
@Wangium - hahaa sounds like my kind of people. I was the same way when I went camping last year. Suitcase was packed with waaaayy more pots, pans, and cooking utensils than clothes.
You should've looked at his toe and been like "holy #&*$! Suck it out?? It needs to be amputated" [run off and gets asian cleaver]
Those first two pictures look like something from Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
我覺得你過得也太充實了吧...
@caihwei - Hahahah...I like your style...mischievously evil
@christao408 - Disney did a great job, eh?
@kjwind - 有一點 XD
sometimes I just want to have a break at home...but social calendar is so filled...
@ElusiveWords - Someone told him to go suck on his own toes...
he then proceeds to not do anything
Like a crying child...you give him neutral response and he'll stop crying
Having juk during camping is a real treat, I hope that did not take a long time to cook!
Your friend Mano didn't have his toe amputated in the end, right? LOL
lol those are memorable and fun times. i'd prob freak out if i saw a bunch of bats. poor mano, bitten by a snake!