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Huanglong
Huang = Yellow. Long = Dragon. The Huanglong valley has a number of travertine terraces, the water flowing through them has a similar unusual blue color as the lakes in Jiuzhaigou, and then algae growing in some pools adds some more colors. The calcification that forms the terraces is mostly yellow in color. In the…
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Waterfall + Goofball
The title says it all.
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More Scenery
Fall color in Jiuzhaigou.
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Some Scenery
A lake. A big mountain (>4500m, I think). Drizzly weather.
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Dress Like a Tibetan, Have Photo Taken
At the viewpoints in Jiuzhaigou, you can dress up like a Tibetan. (The people in Jiuzhaigou are Tibetan, or closely related.)
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Tourist Trap
At a rest stop on the bus trip, there was spot where you could hop on a Yak or Camel, put on a cowboy hat, and take a photo.
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Jiuzhaigou: Your Wedding and Honeymoon Destination
There are several wedding parties in the park. This photo shows the fancy wedding photo setup used to photograph this couple. Then, the brides have to hike along the boardwalk, holding up their dresses to avoid dragging them, usually with big frowns and worried foreheads. In Chengdu, I saw a large number of wedding photo…
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Jiuzhaigou is Getting Modern, and Crowded
I was in Jiuzhaigou four years ago, and some changes have occurred since then. There is internet access, now. I am in the Sheraton Jiuzhaigou Resort hotel writing this message. The access seems to be about the same speed as Sam’s Guesthouse in Chengdu. I am not staying at the Sheraton. It is too expensive.…
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Colorful Karaoke and Dancing in the People’s Park
The last post made it to flickr, so I am assuming it made it to the blog. So, I am sending another one. The colorfully-dressed people on the left are performing a dance while the guy on the right sings karaoke. Don’t ask me why, but it was entertaining. They had quite a crowd. Once…
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The Giant Mao
I am unable to access my blog on wordpress directly. Perhaps wordpress blogs are blocked by the Great Firewall of China. I am posting indirectly by emailing a photo to flickr, and flickr will auto-post it to my blog. Hopefully it will work. If it does, someone send me an email to verify that the…
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