China Travel Jiuzhaigou

It was almost 10am when I woke up. The effect of alcohol and the long walk on the previous day had made us slept so deeply. We had decided against going to Ganhaizi (干海子) and Fairy Pond (神仙池) this day as Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟) had proven to be much more breathtaking than Huanglong (黄龙) and it should be enough. Furthermore, the ticket and transport arrangement ...

... last one had a squat toilet covered with boards with a shower head in the direct middle.  So you could shower in any of them, but that one was the shower.  But they're all connected to the same plumbing system, so if it got backed up, let's just say, it would get really messy."

Elise added: "And we had to stand on wood."

We spent one night in the dorm room and then we switched to a regular "hotel" room for the next 3 ...

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... Chinese well enough to try and track me down by asking locals. But when I went to see who it was, sure enough it was Takeshi, who when asked by a completely gob-smacked me how he had managed it, just smiled and said he had sniffed me out. I must smell really bad! We chatted over a beer and compared photos and stories. The next day I headed to the airport determined to come back as soon as possible. I began to plot a return trip to Sichuan over the summer and in particular to ...

... knowing that this was the way to tackle the views, Jesse and I had been flabbergasted at how anyone could possibly walk the length of the park (at LEAST some ten miles or so) and back before closing. No doubt we would've found out on our own anyway, as we would've been the lone idiots on the view-less five mile walk down to the lakes, but the Israeli couple we met on our horse trek in Songpan, Ran and Michal, ended up being our guinea pigs in a twist of fate that ...

I was up most of the night either coughing or being woken up by trucks screaming through town in the middle of the night honking their horns. I was very tired and generally not feeling very well. So when morning came, I was in no mood to go high up in the mountains to see some calcified pools of water. Unfortunately, I had already agreed to meet Anna and Dennis early in the morning to head up to Huanglong National Park. If I was more awake when ...

... runs, but after a little indecision we decided to find somewhere else. We found a nice home-stay hostel, called "Ice Mountain". A nice lady who lives with her son offer 4 rooms for travellers. Thanks to the kindness of the lady and the place itself - we decided to rent a room there. We've heard so many recommendations about the horse treks of Langmusi, a village located 5 hours from Songpan, but the distance made us confused; will we decide staying in Songpan and ...

... they do Tibetan Massages. I even played charades and clicked my neck etc with my hands. Oh yes they said. An hour later I left very unhappy as it was probably one of the worst massges ever. The guys left hand was strong but his right was like a babys. NOT HAPPY JAN! We all met at Emmas for dinner and a huge good bye chat. It was a beautiful ending to a beautiful event. Though I was happy for its end I am ...

... fork out the extra, your neck and back with thank you for it. I finally threw my last cheap and nasty in Dali and forked out a tad more on a great little Neeko 'Sparrow 8'. The harness straps are actually netting and it has waist and chest straps along with back support. Now walking up and down hills for an entire day is no problem on my ****** neck and back. I was looking for one with the same ...

... a huge Muslim community and when you sit in either Emmas or Sarahs the walls are pasted with 'thank you' letters from all around the world, most of them though are from Israel. When we went to the Horse Trek places for info gathered outside were many people from Israel. The Good Book (LP) says that there are two Horse Trekkin places to choose from and that they are next to each other. They are right with the two places to ...