Tag: Sichuan
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Panda Express
I am back in Chengdu, after a grueling 12-1/2 hour bus ride from Jiuzhaigou. There was construction that caused a 1-1/2 hour delay. This morning, I visited the Chengdu Panda Research Base, where they are working on breeding Pandas to increase the population, which has fallen to 1000 animals. The research base has a number…
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Give Me Some Air!
The top of Huanglong is 3500m. This woman is holding an oxygen bottle, which the park sells. Lots of tourists are toting these oxygen bottles.
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Oops!
This shows what can happen when you don’t pay attention on a narrow road. Note the huge gutter that the truck has fallen into, and the lack of shoulders. I saw this from the cab, en route from Huanglong to Songpan.
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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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