Wednesday, June 15, 2016

47 hours in Taipei

I made quick 2 night trip to Taipei last weekend which pretty much consisted of eating, eating and more eating as we wandered through the various markets and street food.  Hope to go back soon and get in some biking or hiking when its not pouring.






















Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Shanghai and Sichuan

It was rainy, foggy weekend in Shanghai through which you could barely make out the skyline.







Luckily the skies cleared (for a while) over in Western China in Sichuan as we attempted to climb one of the four peaks of the 4 Girls Mountain.  Sadly, after spending the night at basecamp (14,200ft) following an 18km hike, our 3am departure for the summit put us in rain once again.  The rain quickly turned to snow and fierce hail as we approached 15,000 ft around 6am and given the conditions and the lack of a view, we were forced to abandon the summit attempt and head back down the mountain.