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Still in HuangShan
(14th
Nov)
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Human's adaptiveness is amazing. The itch is getting worse but I
manage to sleep like a dead pig (that's how Chinese describe someone
who sleeps like a .. .. dead pig) till 5:45am.
Slip
into the down jacket provided by the hotel, I shoot right out of the
door towards the Sunrise Gazebo. I get there first but I have
an ominous feeling. 16 years ago, I had my shot at a beautiful
HuangShan sunrise but failed. I have a feeling that the same thing
will happen today. Why? Because all I can see is this thick fog in
front of me (on right) when the sky gets white. Sigh.
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6:30am, I am back in the hotel room, disappointed. But hey, maybe there is
something else to see besides the sunrise. I don't want to waste 2 hours
watching TV on the magnificent HuangShan. So I pick up my gear again and head
for the east side of HuangShan.
20 minutes later,
I stumble into fairyland.
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Wow! Frost! But it's only the beginning. |

Holy .. .. |

Smoke! |

Soft red light casts life onto
pale white frost. |

Too bad my camera is not
showing enough red. But still enough to drop mouths. |

My mouth is
dropped, and probably drooling involuntarily.
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Before the sun rises high, cold
wind is in charge. It freezes and frosts as it sweeps through rocks
and pines. |

Fog has the effect close to clouds but with much less intensity. |

This makes my 18 hour work days
worthwhile. |

The foggy HuangShan takes on
another mood.
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Looking back to the North Sea
Hotel. |
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There is a cool Chinese phrase describing someone who gets carried away as
"forgetting what his father's last name is". That is exactly me
in this fairyland. I keep clicking my camera until my 340M microdrive is
full. Then I feel my frozen fingers .
They hurt but it's worth it, definitely worth it.
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After a fulfilling morning, I spend the afternoon walking around casually.

Standard white-clouds- blue-sky-green-pine shot. |

It's cold up at 5,300 feet. Frost in shadowed area still remains
even at noon. |
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Kam
ventures into an off-limits area. This shaky bridge injects a little
bit of adrenaline into a casual afternoon. |
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Quiet sunset.
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Kam
climbs up this cable car tower to watch sunset. Kind of scary when
cable cars rumble by. |
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There is almost no convenient food up in HuangShan. Either you eat cup
noodle, biscuits or you eat at the hotel. I am extremely hungry
after a whole day's walking around so there is not much choice. It's hot pot buffet
and all-you-can-drink beer again .
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