HIKING 101: MOUNT PELERIN

As you can see, I am having problems with the new WYSWYG blog template to adjust the pics to be tidy and neat. So please forgive the unjustified arrangement of the pictures. Bear with me until I figure out how to do this properly.

Anyway, Mount Pelerin is located at the other end of Lake Geneva from Geneva., in Vevey,  where the Nestle HQ is.(I have Malaysian friends who works there). There is a funicular train servicing the Vevey- Mount Pelerin line. Buy tickets at the ticketing machine at the station. CHF 14 for adults and children are FOC if I am not mistaken. The funicular route cut across the Lavaux Vineyards  which I wrote about not too many posts ago.

The hike itself was quite interesting, where we walked with the aim to circle the mountain top, through  electrified cattle farms and thick forest, climbing steep hills until finally  we lost our bearings (Cant find the trail markers), so we decided to double back to the funicular station. 

Hiking time was 3 hours.

The Funicular Train tothe top of Mount Pelerin.

Trail marker "untuk pejalan kaki sahaja"

We were definitely not in Perlis la. Another trail marker.

The forest.

Tall, dark and straight up!

Mentari mengintai!

The forest entrance.

In the middle of a cattle farm. Berkabus lagi.

View? What view?

HIKING 101 : NENDAZ, SWITZERLAND

Nendaz is a winter resort. Never been here before. Definitely will go again this coming winter months just to see what it looks like with snows blanketing it.

Welcome to Nendaz!

There are kms after kms of hiking trails as indicated in the sign post.

Trail markers.

Stone fences.

A typical Swiss house.

Seriously, this is the first time I stumbled upon atap zinc. Common to us back in Malaysia, not so here. Its thicker.

A NOT so typical Swiss house, with a wall that could transform to a balcony.

Biri-biri

Kuda kenit, we are but a common sight for him.

Local school kids along the hiking path.

I like this!

The Bernese Alps mountain range

Honestly, I don't know what these were.

The Bernese Alps

The only stream we came across.

Autumnland!

Private parking lots, jangan cuba la nak parking sini, keter kena angkut. They guard their parking lots seriously here.

The wooden bungalows is for sale. Harga? Mak aii, sejuta RM ada kot.

Cool eh?

HIKING 101 : LAUTERBRUNNEN - TRUMMELBACH

This time I decided to bring my family and along with my regular hiking friend we headed out to Lauterbrunnen. Quality family time (we need more of that, okay!) The plan was to hike the Lauterbrunnen - Stechelberg route.

THE HIKE - LAUTERBRUNNEN  TO TRUMMELBACH

Unfortunately, at halfway point to Stechelberg, my plan was abruptly shot down by my youngest  6 year old daughter who complained  her feet hurts, "Its the new hiking boots fault, Abah." she insisted. And who am I to argue with such  well thought excuse?

So we went to see the Trummelbach falls instead. Which was great and we had loads of fun there. and the children competed with the roar of the glacier fed rushing waters to see who could make the loudest noise. I was cool with the alternate screaming activity as long as they were having fun. After all, I recently acquired a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 prime lens to take pic in low light situation and the decision to divert our route to see the Trummelbach falls was great for me since what better place to test the prowess of this much talked about lens than in a dark and cold man made tunnels.

Enjoy the pics.

Staubach fall

Staubach fall

Yeap, thats 2 of my girls.

Another waterfall

Moutain walls rising on both side

Fellow hikers

The trail markers

And winter shows its face again...

TRUMMELBACH FALLS

The entrance

The tunnels to the the viewing platforms

Rocks and the mountain walls being illuminated by spotlights
placed strategically to enhanced the wow factor

Long way down!

Bus Stop

The Swiss Rural bus (Macam bas Mara la)

HIKING 101 - LA CURE, SWITZERLAND

Place : La Cure, Switzerland, just a few kilometres away from the Swiss/ France border.
Weather condition : Damn cold and frosty.
Hiking time : 2 1/2 hours.

The foggy area is France, actually.

The hiking route was through a cattle farm. So a lot of careful stepping to avoid the taik lembu booby traps on the trail. To no avail. Terpijak sepiring (Looked like a pancake with icing because of the frost. Boih! Chis ko lembu!

Trail marking so you dont get lost. We did!

The trail sign on where to head next and how long it takes to get there.

And of course, we managed to cross the border to France, somewhere up the mountain, without even knowing it. We were surprised to see the Swiss custom and border office greeting us when we tracked back to La Cure using the paved roads.