Back to Chengdu - Sichuan Province, China

Beautiful view on the way from Jiuzhaigou National Park back to Chengdu.

Jiuzhaigou Day2 - Sichuan Province, China

Jiuzhaigou Valley

Legend has it; that long, long ago the deity of mountain named Dago had a crush on the goddess Semo, and he gave a mirror that was made from wind and cloud to the goddess. However, the devil appeared and made trouble to Semo. Inadvertently, Semo broke the mirror into 108 pieces, which fell down to the earth and then turned to 108 colorful lakes. The lake is also called Haizi by local people.

Jiuzhaigou Day 1 - Sichuan Province, China

Our gang of four starts touring Jiuzhaigou National Park.

Located in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou County (previously known as Nanping County until being renamed in 1998) is part of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is 450 kilometers (about 280 miles) to the north of Chengdu City. Its name is due to the existence of nine stockaded villages of Tibetan origin, and it is always regarded as a holy mountain and watercourse by the Tibetan people. Jiuzhaigou Valley covers altitudes ranging from 2,000 meters (656,168 feet) to about 4,300 meters (14,107,612 feet) with its large number of lake groups, waterfalls and rich variety of endangered plants and fauna.

Huanglong - Sichuan Province, China

The Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area is located in Songpan County, in the northwest part of Sichuan Province and encompasses the Huanglong and Muni Valley. Huanglong's major scenery is concentrated in the 3.6-kilometer (2.2 miles) long Huanglong Valley that includes snow-clad peaks and the easternmost glaciers in China. Due to its layered calcium carbonated deposit patterns, the valley resembles a golden dragon winding its way through the virgin forest, stone mountains and glaciers. Along the valley are scattering numerous colorful ponds of different sizes and shapes, which are strewn with gold colored limestone deposit giving a shimmering golden hue to water, so in sunlight, a golden dragon seems to surge forth from the forest. Thus it was named 'Huanglong Valley' (Yellow Dragon Valley).

Luodai Ancient Town - Sichuan Province, China

Luodai Ancient Town is a town with more than one thousand year's history in Chengdu. It remains in full its clear architecture style in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

China - Day 6 Kun Ming

The flower market in KunMing.




At the park where I try to take a picture of seagull.






The last place to visit is at a temple.

And that should be all for my trip.
Thank you Khun Wichai, our guide and the owner of KunMing tour. K. Wichai who is the photographer himself teach me many functions of my camera that I have never used before. (plus lending us the gadget: remote control, ND filter - Thanks a lot ka). It is very enjoyable trip with the bonus of attending the camera-shooting-field trip at the same time.
Contact:
TravelPro (his partner in Thailand) at : 02-942-0080
K. Wichai's mobile phone in China at : (009-86) 135-0871-3644
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