same same~

Because I got to find out the pictures in the U.S..
It makes my memory of working holiday in the Yellow Stone are all back!

I worked in a village called Mammath in the north entrance of the park.
Do not look down upon this small village, it is the official center of this huge park which is around 1/3 size of Taiwan.
Why the village was called "Mammath?"
It is because the famous landscape is just like a mammath(長毛象) in the Ice Age.
However, I found a place where has so similar site as Mammath!
It is called Pamukkale.
It is the same reason to create this extremely fine natural beaty~ The terrestrial heat!
Ha~ Quite amazing ah!
Two places are so far to the other, but they are just so similar indeed.
Therefore, there is still a big different between them...
The one in the U.S. is too hot to have a hot bath in it.
But the Turkish one is really good for you to sink your feet inside.
Oh~ I want to try it ah!!!
Wait for me! Turkey! I wish I can visit you before 2011!

:)

Cloud

I am reading a book named "The art of travel," which is writen by Alain de Botton.
I was known this book by a friend's blog who is learning French in Europe now.

Got to say this writer is really a somebody.
If you have a chance to read one of his book, you will find out how knowledgeable this man is.
He is good at philosophy, history and poemtry... etc.
That is quite nice for the reader since we can get many different information at the same time.
Just like that we can know many classic and Jazz music by reading Haruki Murakami's nobles (村上春樹).
For sure, both of them are my favorite writers.

Alain wrote about some feelings when he stayed in a rest station on the highway.
He mentioned people who can find out different aspects of the things happening next to him/her, he/she will always different feeling of others.
Yes, I always got huge interests on 'cloud.'
I don't like a blank blue sky but a sky decorated by different kinds of clouds.

The left hand side cloud looks like a "quicksilver cloud (觔斗雲)."
It was taken in the U.S..
This one is taken in Yellow Stone National park.
The range upon range of clouds were impressed me.
And this one is just like a tornado!
It was in Tasmania, Australia.
I like this one so much!
The shape let me remind the map of the U.K.
I know it is not that alike it, but I just think about that when I saw it. XD
Oh~ and it was taken near Uluru, Australia.
I discovered that the place where we can find those amazing clouds will be in the big countries.
Ha~ Like the U.S. and Australia.
Maybe it is because their weather (in the countryside) is dryer and cleaner than others.
Hope I can find more beautiful and remarkable clouds in my life!

Mm~
Let's see this one
It is in Hsinshe, Taichung, Taiwan!!!
Still not bad, isn't it?!

Be a backpacker

The history to be a backpacker for me started around 4 years before.
I just traveled in San Francisco for 10 days.
The first time to share a room with other 5 strangers was quite an experience.
In the beginning, I always worried that my stuffs will have high posibility to be stolen.
Ha~ However, I found out everyone in the room had that concern too.
People have so many different ways to prevent their property, like hiding somewhere or bringing their own locker, or even hiding those things under their pillow when they sleep.

Look back those trips, the most exciting one still be the Indian one.
This country is far special than I imagine.
You can meet the kindest or worst person in the same day.
When you meet a nice taxi driver, you will think everyone in this country are your friends.
At that moment, you will be really easy to be cheated by other one.

I just draw that funny picture to explain what equipments you should wear when you are trying to be a backpacker.
But those stuffs are specially for the travelers in some developing countries in summer.
Ha! Just take a look~
And this page is designed for one high school in SueiLi.
There will be 2 days scouts camp held there.
They invited me to have a small speech to share with them some experiences abroad.
It's quite a chance for me to recall and think it again.
I guess that will be a great chance for them and me to review those photos and memories. :)

About the question, "Where is it?," for now~ it's easy for you to know where it is.
Ha!
But if you can tell me where are the two pictures below~
That will be quite a challenge! Hey~

Starkreisen

現在是德國時間凌晨1:21分

看來應該是上床睡覺的時間囉...

不過可能是伏冒熱飲的因素

或是太多事情等著我去做的壓力(自己給的~我想~因為我愛拖...)

但我猜主要原因是我看了"午夜快車 澤木‧耕太郎 著"中其中一段話

讓我實在心非常有戚戚焉呀!!

先敘述一下前因後果~

作者一路從伊朗的麥什德準備前往德黑蘭

在路上坐上一班全為嬉皮的巴士~

突然心有所感...

以下為原文:

乘客幾乎都是在印度、尼泊爾或是阿富汗做完奔放之旅要返回歐洲的年輕人。

沒有人歸心似箭，反而覺得越快回去、青春的歲月就越快遠颺。

雖然那些日子未必都是自由甜美，多半是苛酷的，

然而依但失去的時間逼近時，又覺得珍貴的不得了。

在故鄉等待的只是「正經的生活」。

那雖然也不壞，但自己能否回歸那種生活？

不能說沒有一點懷疑。

即使能夠回歸，是否也真受得了「正經的生活」呢......。

入冬的德國

真的給他有夠冷...

我的暖氣又似乎有些故障...

一直很不喜歡去找那個只會說大聲德文的Mr. Happy Hausemeister...(擔心講也講不通)

這才有激發一些文采的機會吧....

差點忘記介紹這個新Blog的名字

Starkreisen = Stark + Reisen (Deutsch) = Strong Travel (English) = 壯遊 (中文)

我會慢慢回憶我過去這兩個月在德國等地的回憶點滴...

像澤木先生看齊...

他真的太厲害了... Su Go I!

pic: a pating from me~