Jiuzhaigou trip – final blog entry
We couldn’t update over the past few days as there was no internet access in the hotel or the hotel router was down.
Going back a little, on Tuesday, after returning from the high mountains of Jiuzhai, we visited the Panda Research Base and saw quite a few Giant Pandas and Red Pandas.
That afternoon, we visited Huanglongxi Ancient Town, which is a park with ancient style buildings and nice decorations.
Then it was a long drive to Emei Town to stay one night.
We woke up early on Wednesday morning, and took bus up a very winding road to the Mount Emei Cable Car Station, then walked up 219 steps to the Wannian (ten thousand years) Temple.
After lunch, we visited the nearby and famous Leshan Big Buddha, viewing it from a boat on the river.
Dinner was very special, every dish is served in small portions in small bowls, that is the famous Sichuan Xiaochi (small snacks).
And on the last day, 4 Nov, we went to Wenshu Yuen, a monastery.
That was followed by a Fengshui Taoist talk and sales, which we skipped and roamed the streets instead.
Lastly, just before boarding the plane, we went (window) shopping at Chunxi Lu, which is just like Orchard Road, in looks, variety, shops and price. We had coffee at Starbucks, and bought two local flavoured McDonalds chicken burgers for a snack at the airport before the in-flight dinner.
The flight back home was on time, and Gene picked us up from the airport at 1:00am on 5 Nov 2010.
Thank God for a good trip, with good weather where it counted and a wonderful time for YowCH and Grace. Big thanks to Grace’s parents for looking after the children.
And now, we need to find the time to sort the thousands of photos for printing, and then do up a dedicated webpage for the trip.
