We started at about 8 a.m. on January 2nd, 2009 to start our climb to the famous Hailokou Glacier - a frozen thick ice plate for over a thousand years - luckily it was sunny. The climb was cold & winding. To capature what was available outside through a dirty windscreen of the minibus, I have to sit down on the floor of the bus between the first two rows of seats with suppor of a knee at my back from falling backwards as the bus kept on winding up the hill. The camera was handheld. As the snow-covered trees below exhibit a different lighting condition to that of the bright sky, I've to continually adjust my camera settings. As the bus keep moving, I've to fight for seconds ( not minutes ) to capture what's available. Doing so, I missed quite a few nice shots on the way up. If only one can use a tripod or at least a monopod with cable release at each location of interest, the pictures would have been sharper. Anyway, for the sake of records, I have to take these pictures under the the most adverse conditions. It's as daunting as those of the inflight shots. We have to live with the mess of electric wires around as well though I have tried to avoid them, without much success. Yes, I can easily remove the wires with the appropriate software but these pictures are not for competition, therefore I've to leave it as it to depict the locol colors - guess the real thing should be the name of the game here.  If we can make the climb either  with the soft morning or late afternoon lights, we can get better golden sheen of the hills.  I think I have seen one or two scenes of the beautiful golden sheen , guess, I missed them. Cheers