Funny/interesting videos/pics
Started by mvc · 5 Aug 2004 · 5,871 replies
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Eve wrote: Time for tea You might want to check the weather conditions first though. :mrgreen:
First you take the tram...
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Then hit the path.....
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Watch the person ahead.....
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And careful when passing people coming in the opposite direction... ;)
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A few steps more....
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Finally the teahouse is in sight...
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Thanx to BMWRacer for helping me upload these pics :hug:
Let me explain this a little, since i just saw this in my dads magazine.
There's a restaurant at the top of that portion of the mountain (Hua Shan). At the base/middle there is a taoist temple. Visitors stay mid way up the mountain and sleep there, and early morning they take the last part of trip up. That's what the photos are of.
The main points are because the sunrise is supposedly awesome from that peak, the restaurant in the last photo serves breakfast to the early bird sunrise catchers. Then lunch to the stragglers and lazy folk who couldn't wake up in time, or just there to see a breathtaking view.
This is one of 5 peaks in the area that is famous as the settings of many old school fairy tale martial arts books (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for example). Fans of these old stories like to visit this area, and is a main center for martial arts training. I believe they have the highest per capita martial arts schools in the world.
From sacresites.com
The five peaks of Hua Shan are thought to resemble a five petalled flower hence its common name, the 'Flowery Mountain.' Originally it was called Xiyue - meaning 'Western mountain' - because it was the westernmost of the five Taoist peaks. A tortuous 15 kilometer stepped path leads to the Green Dragon Ridge (Bilong ji) where other trails lead to the major peaks. Of the five peaks, the southernmost (2,100 meters) is the highest, closely followed by those in the east and west. Formerly the five mountains were dotted with temples but now few remain. Today Hua Shan is a popular hiking destination for Chinese youth on vacation but the mountain routes are still trekked by devoted pilgrims and wandering monks. In order to reach certain temples and the caves of the sages great courage is needed. Pilgrims must scale cliffs with only a linked chain for support and to fall is certain death. These routes have been given the humorous, but quite accurate names such as 'Thousand Feet Precipice' and 'Ear Touching Cliff'.
Some more photos here shot by taiwanese mountain climbing tour group. Good photos start around page 10.
THanx for the info, Krim. :victory:
So interesting, great courage needed indeed! Id need a helicopter to eat at that restaurant! sweat:
No surprise martial arts schools are based there.
So interesting, great courage needed indeed! Id need a helicopter to eat at that restaurant! sweat:
No surprise martial arts schools are based there.
I thought this might be helpful :hehe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE
Eve wrote:I thought this might be helpful :hehe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE
:rofl: :rofl:
That's my boss.... got it in one.
Except the next day, he'd be asking the same questions again.
Anime Dad wrote:
:rofl: :rofl:
That's my boss.... got it in one.
Except the next day, he'd be asking the same questions again.
:rofl: :rofl: Glad to help :hehe:
Here are some cute videos of cats. tooo funny in some.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90SCpvZvr4&feature=bz301
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hSqLLfOv4&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVnPt0nshk&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i2u4y20Og&feature=user
They are all from the same person. I cant read the Japanese text though :shamefulcry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90SCpvZvr4&feature=bz301
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hSqLLfOv4&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVnPt0nshk&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i2u4y20Og&feature=user
They are all from the same person. I cant read the Japanese text though :shamefulcry:
shiroi_tora wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hSqLLfOv4&feature=user
KAWAII! I had no idea cats could actually LOOK like that!
Here's a cat video that really REALLY got me mad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66uVHDEHzAc
Wynter wrote:
KAWAII! I had no idea cats could actually LOOK like that!
Here's a cat video that really REALLY got me mad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66uVHDEHzAc
Thats horrible. The Crush videos are bad too. It shows a woman killing a cat by stepping on its head with high heels
shiroi_tora wrote:
Thats horrible. The Crush videos are bad too. It shows a woman killing a cat by stepping on its head with high heels
Ugh! I'm not looking at THAT one.
The fame of the Silent Library videos is spreading: I showed them to my kids, who showed them to their friends. My son and his friend were talking about them and laughing yesterday :)
Anime Dad wrote:
Ugh! I'm not looking at THAT one.
The fame of the Silent Library videos is spreading: I showed them to my kids, who showed them to their friends. My son and his friend were talking about them and laughing yesterday :)
I have seen a couple of episodes of that. it is good. I love your christmas hat Anime dad
Anime Dad wrote:The fame of the Silent Library videos is spreading.
What have I done? :hehe:
Wynter wrote:
What have I done? :hehe:
Seriously?
You've kept me entertained at work when I should have been working, and kept my son and his mates entertained at school when they should have been working.... :hehe:
Anime Dad wrote:
Seriously?
You've kept me entertained at work when I should have been working, and kept my son and his mates entertained at school when they should have been working.... :hehe:
Wyn-chan<---Entertainment Director :woot:
Anime Dad wrote:
Seriously?
You've kept me entertained at work when I should have been working, and kept my son and his mates entertained at school when they should have been working.... :hehe:
Well in that case, I'm so proud of myself. :beaten:
Eve wrote:
Wyn-chan<---Entertainment Director :woot:
LOL! All those pole-dancing lessons seem to have paid off then. ;) :beaten:
:rofl: The dog :rofl:
I hope itLs a dog :sweat:
I hope itLs a dog :sweat:
Stevie wrote:
i hope know one posted this picture before
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Fabulous. :D
Wynter wrote:
LOL! All those pole-dancing lessons seem to have paid off then. ;) :beaten:
You area multi-faceted, gal, Wyn-chan... :naughty: :naughty:
They have a pole dancing workout at my Gym. :hehe:
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