Jarpo Villas Jiuzhaigou

... went for breakfast at an Islam Restaurant where I had hot beef noodle soup. A warm start to a cold day. After breakfast, we explored a small part of the town while waiting for Zhuo Ma.

It was already 12.30pm when we reached the horse tribe (九寨郎寨ཱ 2;帮). we mounted the horses and rode them into the mountains accompanied by the guides. Zhuo Ma also rode with us. It was not easy to ...

... to the yellowish calcified pools that look like the scales of a dragon.)

The 4.5 hours that we were given to explore the area was actually quite short and we had to rush through some of the scenic spots nearer the exit. It was already 5.30pm when we finally got back into the mini-bus and headed for Jiuzhaigou.

(Tip: To save money and time for such arrangement as ours to Huanglong, do not take the cable car, which costs ¥80. Just walk ...

... its different colored, clear lakes and pools, cascades and waterfalls.  It had a great set up, you get into the park and they have park buses that you can get on and off at any stops.  There were lovely hikes throughout and the best part was that you could take the bus to the "top", then hike pretty much downhill the whole time, then catch a bus at the "bottom".  I have a lot of pictures to post because the park was quite beautiful.

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... were unable to get any news out of Wenchuan, his brother and father had gone in person to see what was going on and then had not been heard of for several days afterwards, scaring his family half to death. I can't possibly imagine what it must have felt like to experience such things. But some of the things he said to me stuck in my mind. That people from the worst hit towns, who survived the quake, had learnt overnight what things in life were important and what were not. You ...

... With the intention of getting up bright and early the next morning to tackle the park, we settled in the night after a dinner that involved a rolling blackout (leading to dinner by candlelight) and once again, using our lonely planet food glossary in conjunction with a lot of pointing, gesturing, and other variations of body language, to order something which we hoped would remotely resemble what we thought we were getting. We woke up the next morning to cloudy ...

... Chinese people who work with foreigners - call herself with a nice western name - Emma. She is so nice, and the western food served in her restaurant is delicious. In most restaurants like this, its walls are full with pictures, postcards, letters and colourful flags given by travellers from all over the world: USA, Canada, EU, Japan, Israel, Australia, Indonesia and many more. Almost every country you may think of. Emma helped us with tips of how do we get to ...

... and unpredictable at times just like any animal. Sure it's comforting to be amongst a group with leading guides but they can't stop the horse from being unpredictable...no one can! I couldn't thank the guide enough for catching me. I am still free to teach and travel the world. This may have changed in an instant! May have, may not have, I'm glad I will never have to find out! Beers N Noodles to ya...shane

... to the Horse Trekkin Store and booked a three day trek to Ice Mountain. We were going to book the four day trek but decided to change to the three day trek after seeking advice from many other foreigners whom had returned today or yesterday, most of them of course from Israel! The advice was mostly the same. 1: It was TOO cold at night and 2: You could easily do it in three days We also got many 3: I ...

... I did as told and it was fantastic. BUT...I still experienced the same problem as usual, he like most couldn't get my neck to crack and after so many continuous hours sitting on buses my neck was now BUGGERED. My neck was locked and gave me so many headaches. The poor bugger tried so hard. He had me in all positions, in fact I was like bendy legs Barbie (sounds like penthouse forum hey! Not that I've ever read them...tee hee ...