Beauties down south - Zakopane

I haven't been to the Swiss Alps - so I can't tell you if this little sleepy place that bustles with life mostly during Winter is prettier than the Alps... But I'd gladly take Weiming's word for it and assume so... for what I've seen here easily beats everything else on the trip. (sights that is.. hehe not experience. =P) For the first time ever, I felt like I didn't allocate enough time for the trip.


The series of not-so-impressive pictures of the little town at the base of the mountain ranges
Dad's obsessed with berries... do look out for berry-pictures throughout the subsequent entries. =)
A note for those intending to visit Zakopane - a lil town in Southern Poland; the hostel Stara Polena is really great. Cheap and super pretty... and breakfast is provided too. The location is average, but I swear it's the prettiest hostel I had stayed at - and I have definitely stayed at a significant number of hostels.


I always save the best for the last, but this time, this delicious food isn't the best. =P Yeps... the mountains beat my tasty trout and dad's huge pork rib easily.


On the rail to the top of Gubalowka - for a view of the Tatra ranges. There was a promotion going on - for going up by rail and down by chairlift. Grin frankly, chairlift sounded really exciting to me. Dad was game for it and if mum was there, I wouldn't have explained to her what a chairlift was so that we'll go for it. ahhahaha *Evil*


At the top of the rail =) Dad & I immediately went for some toboggan-ing. =P hehe We're 70 between the two of us and we haven't tried it before. Swooshhhhh. hee


A view of the sleepy town at the bottom of the hill. Dad in the foreground trying to read the map I thrust upon him. *smiles* Dad did say "It's very easy to read a map.. can't imagine why you find it difficult sometimes". My response: yeps. do it =)


Dad fascinated by the grassy piles.


Meadows. =) That's what I do miss seeing back in Sg...


And then dad declares he wants a picture among the trees so that he can bluff mum that we went into the jungles and got lost. grin


Breath-taking views - and you haven't seen the last of it.


Basket???


Nah. We finally found the chairlift. hahaha it's a long long way down. I'm sure mum would freak.


Flowers along the road.

I'm saving the best for the next entry. The real tatras. hehe Now gotta scoot for a shower. The weather here is indeed... slightly unbearable. =P