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Malaysia

There and Back Again

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Today Mitch and I took advantage of the freedom of having a car to get out of the city and go hiking. We were so happy to find the beauty that everyone talks about here. It was a really wonderful day and a much harder hike than we’d expected. It took us 3 hours and 57 minutes to get up and then back down the mountain, including the amount of time we stopped to rest. The terrain was rather challenging in some areas and my legs are quite sore at the moment. Ascending was definitely more tiring, but descending was a bit scarier.

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The name of the park we went to for our hike
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A better description than I could give about our day

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we climbed Mount Datuk we felt like we’d walked into the Age of the Dinosaurs. The leaves were huge!

Gigantic leaves!
Gigantic leaves!

So were the insects. Yikes!

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Large ants!
Alien-like centipede
Alien-like centipede

We took the obligatory selfie on the way up the mountain, but unfortunately I didn’t notice it was blurry until I’d uploaded the photos onto my computer.

Mitch and me

Below is a gallery of photos from our hike up and down Mount Datuk. Notice the ladders towards this end – three sets of ladders took us up huge boulders to the summit! The day was beautiful, the loudest sounds we heard were crickets, we were covered in sweat and mosquito bites, and I can’t wait to do it again. Enjoy the photos!

New York

By the Water

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My roommate’s family has a cottage on Cayuga Lake, one of the finger lakes here in upstate New York. Mitch and I spent July 4th there with Emily, her family, and her boyfriend, Tim. We had an awesome time and I can’t wait to go back! Wine tasting, kayaking, tubing, boating, eating, drinking, more eating . . . hard life, I know. Here are a couple pictures that I took at sunset. Cayuga Lake                                  Tree You’ll notice that the second picture is simply an isolated shot of the tree at the right of the first picture. The colors of the sky were stunning. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you already know that I am infatuated with water and sunsets. Mother Nature may be fickle, but she never ceases to amaze. Today I was back at work on the Sam Patch, a replica of an 1800s packet boat, on the Erie Canal. I did a lot of posting about the boats and my summer gig back when I was doing the 365 Photos project that started this blog. Click on the tags – you’ll see! It was a rather gorgeous day on the canal, too. Another picture of water . . .

From the Sam Patch

I grew up with the Erie Canal practically in my backyard, but it wasn’t until college that I really began to appreciate the natural beauty of upstate New York and everything our waterways have to offer.

 

Travel Guide

Skiing in Utah

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Hi! Sorry for not posting last week. I was on vacation in Utah with my family and wanted to focus on them. I also read four books. And skied. And ate excellent food. It was delightful.

When I was in high school, we used to go out to Park City, UT over February Break to go skiing. I haven’t been out there in years because of college and graduate school, so it was especially nice to be otherwise uncommitted this February Break. My brother is still in high school, my sister is in college in Canada where she has a week off in February rather than a week in March, and my boyfriend took a few days off following the financial world’s holiday on President’s Day. The six of us arrived on a Saturday, left a week later, and enjoyed good snow, great food, and excellent company in between.

I’ve skied on various resorts around Park City before, some of which I like better than others. This year’s adventures took us back to Park City and Deer Valley; I also explored Solitude and Brighton for the first time. The following are some pictures that I took while skiing. I really do love winter . . . but now that I’m home and it’s still cold and snowy, I’m ready for it to end.

Park City Park City at sunset

Park City from about halfway up a mountain Looking down on Park City from about halfway up the mountain

Deer Valley Deer Valley

A very solitary powder day at Solitude A very solitary powder day at Solitude