The Evening with Nightwish

One of the best shows ever! Dad had of lot of fun with one of his friends yesterday. It was a boys night out, party of 2, at Metropolis to see the Finland music band "Nightwish". He woke-up this morning, ears still buzzing, head filled with nice memories of one of the best evening ever.

http://www.myspace.com/nightwish

The trip - China 2007 (part 2)

The preparations are under way. Y sont fous comme des balais!!!
The plane tickets are here : Dorval (mtl) - Newark (ny) - Beijing.

Le Tibet pour une semaine, ça va être intéressant.
They're planning to go to Tibet for a week.
Here's what mom and dad have so far:

Nov 27 Beijing (air) Lhasa (CA4112 09:15-15:05 no meals, overnight in Lhasa)

Your guide will meet you at train station or airport and send you to hotel for good rest.

Nov 28 Lhasa city tour (BL, overnight in Lhasa)

Morning visit the highest palace in the world-Potala Palace, the sacred place for every Buddhist—Jokhang Temple, and Barhkor Street-the market collected souvenir shops, bars and guesthouses.

Nov 29 Lhasa/Lake Yamdrok Yumtso/Shigatse (BL, overnight in Shigatse)

Today drive to the second large city in Tibet-Shigatse, en route visit one of three sacred lakes – Yamdrok Yumtso Lake.

Nov 30 Shigatse/Gyantse/Shigatse (BL, overnight in Shigatse)

Morning drive to visit famous Palkhor Chode Monastery, then transfer to Shalu Monastery.

Dec 1 Shigatse/Lhasa (BL, overnight in Lhasa)

Today come back to Lhasa, en route visit Tashilumpo Monastery —the official seat of the Panchen Lama, also the most important monastery in Shigatse region.

Dec 2 Lhasa/Lake Namtso/Lhasa (BL, Overnight in Lhasa)

After breakfast, drive 250km north to Lake Namtso(4718m )—one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Namtso is the highest salty lake of the world and you may enjoy the most beautiful scenery there of the whole Tibet. Then drive back to Lhasa in the afternoon.

Dec 3 Lhasa (air) Beijing(B, CA4111 16:05—21:40)

You can have a fee activity in the morning, then guide will send you to airport to catch the flight to Beijing. End the unforgotten Tibet tour.

Thanks to Ophelia from Pan-Tibet travel for the help.

A day or two in Beijing to rest a little (rest ... right! Read visit the forbidden city again and of course, go shopping and fill a 70 litres backpack of fake gucci's, fake louis vuitton's, fake rolex's, fake pretty-much-everything-they-can-put-their-hands-on!) and then it's off to a 6 day trek on the great wall:

Day 01: Badaling Great Wall--Juyonguan Pass Great Wall-Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Day 02: Huanghuacheng Great Wall--Jiankou Great Wall stay at a local inn
Day 03: Jiankou Great Wall-Mutianyu Great Wall
Day 04: Mutianyu Great Wall-Jinshanling Great Wall
Day 05: Jinshanling--Simatai Great Wall ( Real hiking for 12 km )
Day 06: Simatai Great Wall--Downtown Beijing

Dad will post more details later on. Plus de détails d'ici quelques semaines.

Si vous avez des questions, soyez sans gênes!

Gan bei!

The Nala Effect

Pour donner suite à ses niaiseries, papa doit donc répondre aux attentes. Nala lui a demandé de fournir des photos de sa prochaine acquisition. Bon ... là eh ... Faut comprendre que papa a une grand 'yeule... Y'a toujours un grand monde entre ce qu'il dit et ce qu'il fait... Cette histoire là va probablement finnir avec un Murano ou un cx-7 (compromis familliale), mais n'empêche qu'il aimerait bien écoeurer maman (dans sa vw new beetle flambette) avec un vw Eos décapotable. Faut seulement préciser que c'est pas exactement une 2 places mais, c'est quand même pas laid, et ça ferait certainement chier maman...




Il me fait toujours un plaisir de lancer des commentaires niaiseux pour envoyer un petit rayon de soleil dans le brouillard des gens. J'me dis, quand la Chine fait des sienne pour nous tanner avec ses délais, pourquoi s'en faire? On n'a pas de contrôle là-dessus! On peut donc se mettre en position fétale dans un coin du salon et brailler pendant 23 autres mois ou faire autre chose.

Moi, je vote pour faire autre chose.

Hakuna Matata!