Some folks have been asking me why I didn’t state some (their favourite) cities in my previous Top 5 Favourite cities. Now, that’s because I have not been to those cities yet! =) Don’t worry, if I get a chance to visit those of your favourite cities, I might create another Top 6, Top 8 and even Top 10 list again! =)
Due to “overwhelming” response to my Top List, here is another one – My Top 5 Favourite Mountains that I had visited!. What are yours?
1★Mt. Titlis, Switzerland★
Mt. Titlis is in the Urner Alps of Switzerland, standing at 3,238 metres. We had enjoyed ourselves very much at the snowy mountain! Beautiful snowflakes drifting on the breath of the breeze while we were joyfully playing with snow. It was spring in May; this glacier paradise offers snow and ice even in summer!
A picture can only speak a thousand words; this is just a fraction of the breathtaking panoramic view taken on top of Mt. Titlis which overlooks a range of mountain peaks in central Switzerland!
Ride on the Ice flyer – a chairlift that spans the glacier crevasses of Mt. Titlis, with your legs dangling in the cold air. Can you see that it was snowing then? At one point, the snow became so heavy that we had to stumble our way to the nearby Titlis Glacier Cave at a very low visibility condition.
Do you see some ghost effect here? I was in the cold and slippery Titlis Glacier Cave. Felt like frozen meat in a huge freezer!
“You are 147 feet under rock and ice” – Only the two of us walking through this long dark tunnel under the glacier. The floor was very slippery with frozen ice, mind you, I slipped and fell hard onto the floor.
2★Mt. Huangshan, China★
“五岳归来不看山，黄山归来不看岳” is a famous proverb to describe the beauty of Huangshan in comparison with the five other famous sacred mountains in China. It means after visiting the five superb sacred mountains, you won’t want to visit any other mountains; but after returning from Mt. Huangshan, you won’t wish to visit the five sacred mountains. The five mountains hereby referred to as Mt. Taishan, Mt. Huashan, Mt. Hengshan, Mt. Songshan and Mt. Hengshan.
One needs to observe his/her steps on Mt. Huangshan. A common advice is “don’t walk if you take photo; don’t take photo if you are walking”. A trip can send you down the deep!
These men are very tough! They can carry heavy loads that are attached on each end of a bamboo stick up and down hundreds of steps on the mountain. Food and other products are more expensive on Mt. Huangshan.
Click on the thumbnails to see the beauty of Mt. Huangshan. Some were not very clear due to the heavy mist.
Read about how I thought I would die due to altitude sickness on Mt. Huangshan!
3★The Eisriesenwelt of Werfen, Austria★
The Eisriesenwelt (German: “World of the Ice Giants“) is the world largest limestone ice caves located in Werfen, Austria. To get up to the ice caves, we took the shuttle bus to the next bus-stop. From there, we had to walk for another 20mins upslope in the cold to the cable car station. The cable car took us to somewhere near the ice caves entrance, and we had to walk for at least another 20mins upslope in the cold again, while gasping for breathe in the thin mountain air. However, it was a lovely walk in the snow.
We climbed a lot of steps in the gigantic ice caves and we had to be very watchful with our steps on the slippery ground. The ice caves are covered with bizarre and beautifully shaped thick ice-layers. The tour lasted around 75mins.
4★Mt. Schilthorn, Switzerland★
Do you know Mt. Schilthorn is the famous “007 James Bond Mountain”? This is one of the famous mountains in Switzerland to catch the spectacular view of Jungfrau and other mountains like Mönch and Eiger in the Swiss Alps. The Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region is the first World Heritage site in the Alpine region.
This is not a poster, this is an image… nah! This photo was taken with Jacky’s finger pointing at the Jungfrau region, while standing at the observation deck at Mt. Schilthorn.
Not only the destination (Mt. Schilthorn) offers one of the most enchanting mountain views in Switzerland, the journey is a breathtaking one that showcased the beauty of the Swiss Alps. Halfway down from Mt. Schilthorn, at about 1,650m above sea level, the Mürren village is another scenic spot to explore the peaceful alpine meadows. Every angle of the mountainous view is picturesque!
What a shame! Now then I realised these sweet yellow flowers are dandelions!!
5★The Leshan Giant Buddha, China★
The Leshan Giant Buddha(乐山大佛) is the world’s largest statue of a Buddha carved out of a cliff and faces Mount Emei. Standing at 71 metres, this statue was built during the Tang Dynasty. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
The Leshan Giant Buddha is as famous as the standing Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan which were dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Picture below depicts the before and after of Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Hmmm.. Top 5 mountains for me ?! He he.. I don want to give yet another Lame joke by telling “Brokeback Mountain” , “Faith Hill” etc :p
I ve been only to the Himalayan ranges , and betcha ! If you had been there , it would ve been No.1 on your list !! 🙂
And among yours , i loved No.4 – Mt.scilthorn – esp the second pic, cos its like a Vanilla Icecream filled with Chocolate fudge !! Yummyyy :p
“LOWER PART WITH ER HMM ITS A MALE” ??????? Gosh ! You are one Badass Eunice !! he he 🙂
LOL I laughed at your “it’s a male” part.
Hmm, I haven’t been to many mountains yet so far, only New Zealand’s.
So I can’t say much. :S
But the Glacier cave looks very very tempting. Hahaha. I want to see the Leshan Giant Buddha too! I’ve been wanting to go since I watched it in Feng Yun. Hahahha. I know. Such a lame reason. 😛
wahhhh i haven’t been to any!
@KC: If you think that Mt. Schilthorn is a Vanilla ice-cream, I think you are already a “brokeback mountain” :smoke:
And hey, that male part… it’s famously known for that mountain range! I didn’t cook up the story!
:shy:
@Pei Li: I watached Lord of The Ring, and the mountains in NZ are really stunning!
The Glacier Giant Ice Cave is an amazing experience! Must go, and it’s not that touristy too! Leshan is magnificient. Think you will see Feng and Yun fighting there :sd:
@Jasper: What are you waiting for? Go!!! :out:
Been to Jungfrau, the peak in Europe. I been told Jungfrau means Virgin
i’ve never climbed a mountain be4, so, i can’t rank anything here…
bt, wen i was in Salzburg, i went up to a palace, it’s at the hill top, does dat count?? haha
& also in Penang, it’s Penang Hill, we were in Cable Cars..
These are awesome mountains!! I’m torn between thanking you and wishing I hadn’t seen them because now I want to go so bad now!! lol, thanks for sharing!!
Mt. Titlis….Mt. Shilthorn……Mmmm…… I WANT TO GO SWITZERLAND !!!!!!
My my..wonderful!! Amazing!!
Gosh, now only I realized I have never been to any mountain! Not even Mount Kinabalu.. T.T
I wana go to Switzerland!! XD XD
Hey, Eunice, while you were up in the Austrian and Swiss Alps gathering dandelions, did you not see any edelweiss? 🙂
The only mountain I’ve visited personally is Mt. Ranier, in Washington. But a few I’d like to visit are
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Rushmore
Mt. Vesuvius and the surrounding ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum
AHahhaha! I certainly hope so. Actually I’d rather see Duan Lang. Lol. Yea I like more remote areas. Can have it to myself. C:
Yes the mountains there are gorgeous! Unfortunately my legs are as always, pathetic, so I only managed to hike halfway. Then I had to take the helicopter up instead. Hahahha. You should really go there too! Be another Frodo! (Or if you prefer, Legolas… :P)
wow! it must have been really cold judging by how thick the mist in your photos.
the place must have been peaceful. thanks for sharing it to us….looking forward for ur next trip photos… keep it up!
@Borneo Falcon: Yes you are right, Jungfrau means Virgin! You must have had a great time up the Top of Europe!
@Meimei: Sure! As long as you are happy XD !
@Helen, Cecil: What are you waiting for? Go!! :out: XD
@Lz: Haha! Talking about our dear Mt. Kinabaru, I don’t think I will go if I need to hike up there! I hate mountain climbing, my stamina is poor + my blood pressure quite low!!! Want my life man!
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@Chuck: What a shame! I just realised those yellow flowers I was holding in the photo are Dandelions! Hmm.. are those Edelweiss in this photo taken from the Swiss Alps?
https://travelerfolio.com/travelerfolio/photos/alpine_switzerland_03-590×442.jpg
@Pei Li: Hehe, hmm, I prefer to be that beautiful elf girl, er dunno her name
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@Sheeilah: Yes indeed. We had dry skin and even chapped lips 🙁
those mountains are gorgeous.. i guess i’ll hve to put it to my travel list :p
Eunice: Well, dandelions was my guess, anyway. Here’s what a dandelion looks like when it blossoms:
http://tinyurl.com/5ln87z
And here is what it looks like when it gives up the ghost:
http://tinyurl.com/5syvuj
And this is what edelweiss looks like: http://tinyurl.com/5kea2v
Hard to tell if those were edelweiss you were sitting amongst in that Alpine landscape. They looked too small to be edelweiss to me, plus I didn’t see any yellow in the center of the, such as edelweiss has.
Very nice pictures, nevertheless.
Oh, and the beautiful elf girl’s name was Arwen Evenstar, if you are referring to the one who married Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings. She was played by the lovely Liv Tyler. The other beautiful elf woman, the one with blonde hair, was Galadriel, Queen of Lothlorien. I’m a big fan of Lord of the Rings, too.
eunice> yea it’s Arwen… she’s one of the most beautiful actresses around. To be able to carry off the essence of an elf is amazingly difficult.
btw, how did you make your way around the mountains in Switzerland if the visibility is very low? C:
@Chuck: Thanks for all those lovely pics! Yes, I believe I was holding to those dandelions; they are everywhere in the alps. And what a shame again!!! Now then I know those puffballs that I saw in the Austrian alps are dandelion clocks! I saw many of them and even kicked them to send their seedlings into the air XD
Hmm, I don’t think those are edelweiss. Those are some tiny white flowers.
I am bad with names! Thanks for sharing, Chuck!
@Pei Li: We relied on our own belief system cos we knew that the cave was in that direction, so we walked slowly there! Quite an experience for us walking in the heavy snow!
Yeah, of cos I want to be Arwen, she is a babe ok! I don’t want to be a hobbit!!
:ha:
I never tire of seeing super mountain scenery. Some great choices here. Several areas of the Alps in Europe have simply stunning scenery. I have been to Interlaken and seen some of the mountains mentioned above (such as Jungfrau) – very impressive. My day at the Matterhorn was fogged out so alas, I never saw the peak of this famous mountain.
Nothing beats the view to Mt Everest. From some locations, you can see the #1, #4, #5 and #6 highest mountains in the world with the #3 (Kanchenjunga) more distant in the background. Numerous other towering mountains creat quite an amphitheatre.
Mt Rainier in the west of the US is special as are the Canadian Rockies – so many to select from.
Keep up the good work with your lists.
Well,it’s easy to see that why those are your favourite mountain.It’s really too nice.If got chances must visit all those place,need to work hard for that..
The Giant Buddha is awesome! And I’ll definitely place it on my travel list…
How about Mout. Fuji? ^^
WOW, I should’ve done what you do here…
I went to several mountains on China last year and I forgot the mountain’s name
lol
And the pictures only focussing on me because I never thought of posting to my blog
@Mark H: Oh you went Interlaken too? We stayed in a hostel in Interlaken, love that place so much! Yeah, it really depends on the weather to catch the best scenery of a mountain. For me, the first day at Mt. Huangshan was very foggy, even I tried my best (while vomitting all the way due to altitude sickness) to reach one of the peaks, I couldn’t see any mountain view at all.
:yun:
You went Mt Everest before? Wow! Did you blog about that?
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@TNH: I am just a budget traveler, you sure can do it! Gambatte!
@Ellisa: The Giant Buddha is in Sichuan, I wonder if the roads to Leshan are being rebuilt yet after the devastating earthquake in May this year.
I’ve not been to Mt. Fuji yet! But again, to view Mt. Fuji, it depends on the weather too. My sis went there last year, but it was so foggy that they couldn’t see Mt. Fuji =(
@Lord Story: Hi! Nice to catch you back. Please leave your URL here so that I can visit you!
Same problem here, I had been to some places but forgot the names and didn’t really take photos, cos I didn’t expect myself to blog about my travels this year! Oh, frankly speaking, many photos that you see here have got me in them ok! Only that I cropped myself away =P
Well well, start your travel collection now and share it with us!
wow~ those are really great attractions and the pictures are awesome! I wish i could also visit those places.
The mountain that i visited is the Blue Mountain in Australia and i think that’s awesome, too!
wow… sis you really never fail to amaze me… nice pics… how I wish I could be there..
hmmm… have been a mountaineer way back college… climbed some… and if you have gone here in the philippines… I would recommend you try Mt. Banahaw, Mt Halcon, Mt. Pulag (second highest in the Phil), and Mt. Mayon…
take care….
I haven’t blogged about Everest yet. It was a serious one month trek through some great mountain passes. I’ll write that up soon.
I didn’t stay in Interlaken but instead took day trips from Berne (went twice to Interlaken). It was the wrong way around – better to stay in Interlaken. Went for a great walk up to a couple of the villages but sadly the cost of the train up to the top was far too much for me at the time. Interlaken had nice weather while I was there so I was fortunate. There was also a superb waterfall inside a mountain but I can’t recall its name.
Only a week and a half till the vote finishes. Your support seems great so I am sure you’ll do well.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG THE LAST ONE THE BUDDHA MOUNTAIN ONE AHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THT MOUNTAIN OMG I SO WANNA GO THERE AND SEE FOR MYSELF XD
lovely pics of mountains u have there! simply beautiful =D
Wow !
Your top 5 mountains are very beautiful ! I haven’t visited any of them yet….. should include these locations for my travel plans !
For my top 5 mountains that I visited
– Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
– Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
– Perisher Blue Resort,Mount Kosciuszko, Australia
– Mt Fuji, Japan
– Springbrook National Park, Queensland, Australia
Planning more mountains/highlands visits !
JH
Lovely lovely pictures! I always feel like I’m traveling with you in your blog posts. Hehehe! The only major mountain I’ve been to is Mt. Apo here in the Philippines, and it was an awesome experience. I wish someday I can travel as widely as you. Mt. Titlis’ “freezer” looks scary but exciting at the same time. Keep going!
Photos taken very good, Oh, Hill also very beautiful.
@AllinKorea: Wow! I’ve not been to Blue Mountain before! Did you blog about it?
@Marvz18: Gee… If there is cable car to send me up the mountains, I don’t mind hehe, I hate climbing and may have altitude sickness! You can read about how I thought I nearly died in Mt Huangshan due to altitude sickness!
https://travelerfolio.com/mt-huangshan-china-tour1/
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@Mark H: I am looking forward to your adventure at Mt Everest! Cool!! Now, 9 more days to go!
:ooo:
@Hana: :ha:
@JH: Oh you love mountain trips? And you have already visited 3 mountains in Australia! I’ve not been to those that you listed here.
@Faeryrowan: The Philippines is beautiful, you don’t even need to travel far for awesome scenic views!
@Stone: Thanks!