Horse Riding

The Horse (7 years old) and my shadow

This was my second time riding a horse. Both times, my butt hurt after riding, probably due to incorrect riding posture. The first time was in South Africa. The second time was in Tiger Leaping Gorge in China. In China, the task was more strenous for the horse because it was an uphill climbing task and secondly I was much heaviler. I could recall that in the first attempt many years ago, the horse did run for a short distance.

In China, the horse had to stop for a few moments either to breath or for me to adjust my seating postion (as I was shifted too far back). The horse man had to coerced the horse to move. Obviously the horse man said that I was inexperienced in horse riding. The horse understood the path that it had travelled well and due to familiarity, it would stop at certain spots for rider to take photograph. This remind me of the chinese phrase "老马识途" which means an old horse will know its path travelled (and will not be lost).

In the modern days of cars which boast more than 100, 200 bhp. This horse is only 1 horse power and yet it could take me to the peak of a mountain in rugged terrain.