golden grotto

i have not been blogging, nothing of real interest has been happening lately in life but i'm trying to change that. over the weekend some friends and i went camping for a night in hualien. our excursion was one of the longest and most intense hikes i have ever done. our destination was a place called golden grotto. after hiking for hours in a riverbed, climbing rocks and wading through a river we reached our destination. what's remarkable is how it took us 7 hours hiking there (of course, we were taking our time) but on the way back our grumpy and tired bodies made it in 2 hours time.

the hike itself was, overall very rocky, wet and river beddy but once we were actually IN the grotto it felt awesome. seemed like i was on a roadrules challenge... or in pirates of the caribbean.

side note: its 3:30 in the morning right now and my window is open, i just heard a man scream out super loud.. i hear a lot of weird things in my apartment. more on that later. anyways i shouldnt be lazy about blogging because this is what ends up happening, i dont feel like writing anything interesting because i've already discussed it several time orrr because too much time has passed for me to remember.