Sheraton Jiuzhaigou

... We ordered a few local specialty dishes and they were served in large plates. One of the dishes was so spicy that we kept crying for water. It was 5pm after lunch and we thanked and bit farewell to Zhuo Ma.

We were back in our hostel for a short rest before heading for the Tibetan Performance, which was held in a hotel. We were seated to one side of the stage, which was quite expected as we had gotten the tickets ...

... stopped and had lunch and grabbed some oxygen cans as most people really felt the effect, and very few people actually managed to go very far up the mountain at Huanglong. It was a shame to miss some stunning scenery but lucky for me that Michelle wasn't effected and managed to go quite a distance up the mountain.

Leaving this area at 6.30pm, we arrived at the Hotel and dinner at 9 ...

... Area In China' and we can't dispute that.


The government have done a terrific job of preserving the natural environment and putting in place an unobtrusive yet efficient infrastructure. A single road runs the length of the park and mini-buses whizz tourists up to the top, for them to hike down wooden hiking ...

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... hard drive was able to be fixed, and after having experienced several mini breakdowns at the thought of having lost not only all our pictures from possibly the best parts of China, but the aid of organizing and storing our pictures using the drive, we were elated, to say the least. Late afternoon, we were surprised to hear a knock on our door, and Ran's voice coming from the other end. Turns out one day at the park was enough, and to our relief, the $40 admission ...

... and should at least go and have a look around. The adverts for the cable car show pictures of the car passing over some beautiful pools, but it's all just photoshoped. The 5 minute ride up was absolutely without any scenery at all. Don't take it! All up the mountain, they have oxygen stands where you can sit down for a rest and take in some pure oxygen. I saw many people carrying their own cans of oxygen up the mountain as well. I even stopped at ...

... Everlasting green forests and infinite number of trees and other plants. Naturally, we saw many types of animals including unique butterflies, reptiles, lizards, birds and other insercts. There were even ducks, swimming peacefully in some the lakes. Along the way we could see waterfalls in differents shapes and sizes. It seems that there were no two waterfalls that flowed in the same speed. Amazing, and unforgetable. I thought that if a company wants to sell more ...

... a spirited bugger too. I named him the good Aussie name of Bruce and when Gladiator strength was required I re-named him Rusess Brucess Maximuss. By 9am we were all ready and walking our horses out of town. We crossed the river and headed up the hill. On the way I saw an actual human skull in the drain that ran along the dusty dirt track. I tried to get the attention of one of the guides but they were no where ...

... in you'll probably want to bring a plastic floor and boots but thats later. 11: Gloves for night time and for the horse riding 12: If you really think you will need to change bring a change of clothes. Don't be scared mate, everyone else smells after a day or two, you can happily smell too and no one will even notice! 13: Many of those little packets of toilet paper, the ones you can keep in your pocket ...

... hang around. Days 1 & 2 could easily have been combined, of course this would have reduced the monopoly operator's profits by 25% & he was obviously into maximising profits. This was quite a shame as what was obviously a 3 day trip, and could have been a very enjoyable one, was rather desperately stretched to 4 days. I was very grumpy this afternoon & it quite negatively affected my view of the whole ...