Blue mountains

e last 2 days of our tour were spent exploring blue mountains national park... the name blue mountains came about because apparently, due to some chemical reaction between the eucalyptus and gum vapour emitted by the trees there, the mountains appear to have a layer of blue mist over it.

well, personally i didn't really see this so-called blue mist when i was there but strangely, the pictures of the mountains turned out kinda blue. haha!


can see the bluish tinge at the back? use some imagination... haha!

the national park was alright... i think throughout e past weeks, i saw so many beautiful mountains, rock formations that i keep expecting better and wanting more. blue mountains fall short of my expectations i suppose... although other people on the trip actually found it very scenic.

over there, we took a very steep but slow railway down a cliff and then took a cable car up. i thought the train ride was too short and instead of enjoying the view, liling n i were too busy pretending to be scared n scream! haha!! before we knew it, it was over n we were at the bottom of the mountain. after tt, we took a cable car up to where our bus was parked. the cable car ride was slower so we managed to enjoy a bit of the breeze n scenary.


steep-looking huh?

part of the national park includes the Three Sisters...

we stayed over night at blue mountains YHA hostel at Katoomba. e place was really nice!! well-maintained backpackers' hostel with a HUGE kitchen, nice bunk beds, clean toilets, a pool table and tv lounge area.

tt's our lil area in a 5-people dormitory!