bacon

where did i finish last time? oh yeah, cardiff. well, from cardiff there's plenty of places to visit, most of them are easy to reach within an hour. on tuesday i went to Brecon Beacon for example. nothing in common with bacon. it's just deception. against the enemy. well, that day killed me. i made up my mind to do that walk long time before. i saw it in the guardian. hmmmm, i think i already made a remark somewhere that that booklet was not designed for public transport commuters. it sucked!!!! the nearest train station was appr. 6 miles far from where the walk started. but it forgot to mention that there was a huge mountain between the two points, and that there's only a highway along which is the only way you can get to the starting point. if you have never tried, i can only recommend... loud, dangerous, dirty and smelly. is there anything else you could wish? oh yeah, almost forgot: i huge rucksack on your back.
anyway, by one o'clock i got to the starting point. there was another affair: i couldn't find the car park where the walk should have started from. but i wasn't the only one: there was another family that wanted to walk the same route. we were trying to find the real starting point together and eventually we walked together all day long. very kind family, i can't remember names already. the woman was french but her english was almost at the level of a native.
Brecon Beacon is the smallest of the three welsh national parks but maybe the wildest one. when i was walking through the forest or climbing a narrow path sometimes i felt like i was in a rainforest. untouched absolutely green landscape. even the plants looked like those in rainforests. i guess because of the abundant rain...
the main attraction in brecon beacon - alright, during my walk - was the waterfall. i big one, but not a niagara waterfall. it's charm is not it's size but that you can walk behind the watercurtain.
yeah, after this we started walking back to the starting point - on a different way of course. at about 5pm i we separated coz i had to get back to a railway station somehow. that time we were in a small village so i thought there must a bus service on that road so i asked some locals. they were absolutely helpful, but it wasn't easy to understand them. in fact, it was very difficult. what's more, i could hardly understand them. but finally i took the bus to, holy shit these names are awful. it was, uhmm, aberdare. so from there i took the train back to cardiff. and on the way there i took the train to treherbert. i forgot to tell you that from there i hitched a hike. on that day i met many friendly, helpful people. both the people who gave me a lift and the family gave me their numbers, so that i could call them in case i needed.
by the way, that was the first time i was hitch hiking and i enjoyed it. maybe because i was lucky. though i know that it wasn't luck, it is the people who are living there.

anyway. here are some pics in case you don't want to visit the other page with many more pics from there.
if you want to see all my photos of Brecon Beacons here you go