Big Sur

On the 25th of May 2007, I went on my first ever backpacking trip to the mountains! I signed up for the trip with Yoora and Youngju and later they asked two of their friends to go as well. So i ended up with 4 korean gals. Managed to pick up some korean from the trip as well. haha. The hike up was tough, especially with the heavy backpack weighing us down. But the view was worth it! The feeling of standing top of the mountains looking down at the clouds was just awesome! haha. The three days was tiring though. And there's no toilets or showers. So we went 3 days without bathing and i guess no one had to dig a hole. First thing everyone did at the end of the 3 days when we hiked back down to the carpark was to go to the toilet. haha

At the carpark before we hiked up. From left to right: Conrad(our guide), Hae Yoon, Grace, Yoora, Young Ju and me.

After about 4-5 hrs of climbing, we finally reached the camp site. Everyone's tired.


Me blowing my inflattable mattress. Tough work. Took me more than 10 mins.


Hae Yoon taking a nap.

Camping beside the river! How nice! At night you could really hear the sound of water flowing down the river.

Us resting at the tent.


Mike filtering the river water. Yup, we had to drink river water.


Preparation for dinner

Waiting for food. hungry.......

See the red piece of cloth? That was my sleeping bag. Nearly froze to death at nite. haha

Hae Yoong and Young Ju doing yoga in the morning.

And so we continued our hike up the mountain but without our backpacks, it was much easier.

Everyone enjoying the view

Standing above the clouds. woohoo!