Plan your Jiuzhaigou tour? Jiuzhaigou, aka Jiuzhai Valley National Park is a nature reserve in the north of Sichuan Province, well known for colorful lakes, waterfalls, Tibetan villages & rare wildlife. It takes one and half hours’ drive from Jiuzhagou to Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, which brings you back to Chengdu for a one hour’s flight….
ABC of Bipenggou Scenic Area Plan your Chengdu tour? It is worthwhile to have a side trip to Bipenggou, aka Bipeng Valley or 毕棚沟 in Chinese. Bipenggou (毕棚沟) is a high altitude valley between 2000m and 5000m, 4 km wide and 45 km long. It has become an ecotourism resort, or officially known as Bipeng…
Plan your Chengdu Tour? If you go to Chengdu by flight, having a basic knowledge of Chengdu airport will be quite helpful in facilitating your trip to Chengdu, Shuangliu Airport In Chengdu is the major airport in Chengdu both for domestic and international flights. Chengdu airport is located 16km southwest of the downtown Chengdu. There…
Plan your Chengdu tour? Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, is located on the edge of the fertile plains of the Red Basin in Sichuan Province. Tourist destinations like Panda Research Base, Sanxingdui, Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area, national parks, gardens and museums make it a wonderful place to visit. Subtropical Monsoon Climate in…
Last night (October 15), it was dark and raining outside, I habitually took out my laptop. The owner at the temple-turned inn said his place had wifi service. It showed that I was connected to the wifi, but I couldn’t access the internet. A bit frustrated, I had to experience a night without internet, the first internet-less night for the past 10 days…
At 8:00am, October 15, at last we embark on the long-anticipated trip to Yading, or formally known as Yading Nature Reserve. We slowly drive through the downtown of Daocheng, strictly following our navigator Kailide Auto GPS with auto surveillance camera. We’ve enjoyed the freedom with the helpful GPS guide and it seldom lets us down. Now…
Last night we wandered Shangri-la’s old town – Dukezong (独克宗), having an authentic glimpse into the cobbled lanes and looking for a place to grab our dinner. The old lanes were flanked by two-storey wooden buildings used as restaurants, shops, cafes and hostels. We felt a bit disappointed that many of the buildings and lanes were still under…
ABC of Mangkang Around 3:45 pm after a brief break at the filling station in Xiaqionzhen in BatangCounty (巴塘), we again start up our trip along G318 west for our next destination – Mangkang (芒康 ) in Tibet. Mangkang is also known as Markham or Karkam in Tibet, a county under the administration of Qamdo City (昌都) in the Tibet…