YowCH & Grace

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Day 3 – 31 Oct 2010

We woke up at 06.45 and saw the sunrise to a great sunny day from the hotel room.

We took breakfast at 07.30, then a group photo.

We then left for JZG Scenic Area at 08.40 on the chartered JZG Scenic Area tour bus. At 09.05, our chartered tour started from the JZG Scenic Area entrance, and visited various scenic areas, starting with Bonsai Shoals, Reed Lake (drove by), Shuzheng Village (toilet break), Nuorilang Waterfalls, Mirror Lake, Rainbow Lake, Arrow Bamboo Lake and Pearl Shoals.

Bonsai Shoals

Reed Lake

Shuzheng Village

Nuorilang Falls

Mirror Lake

Rainbow Lake

Arrow Bamboo Lake

Pearl Shoals

At 13.30 we had lunch at the only tourist lunch area at the Changhai Carpark Restaurant, then some shopping. The restaurant was normally super crowded, but after the Great Sichuan Earthquake of 2008 and due to the later lunch time, we had no crowds

We resumed the tour at 14.40 stopping at Tiger Lake, Shuzheng Lakes and Falls, Long Lake and finally Five Colours Lake. YowCH accidentally dropped the Tokina 12-24mm lens while throwing a snowball at Long Lake area but managed to fix the electronic contacts on the bus to keep the lens functioning, thank God.
Tiger Lake

Shuzheng Lakes and Falls

Shuzheng Village

Long Lake

Five Colours Lake

We left JZG Scenic Area at 17.55 and reached the hotel 5 minutes later to recharge batteries, download photos to the netbook and have dinner. At 19.25, we left for the Tibetan Cultural Show at the nearby Sheraton Theatre until 21.15.

We then packed and updated blog, then slept by 23.45.

Day 4 – 01 Nov 2010

YowCH woke up at 06.30 to pack and then woke Grace at 07.00. Unlike yesterday, the sky was very cloudy. After breakfast, we left hotel at 08.30 and stopped at Jiabo Gucheng again from 09.15 until 09.35.

Another stop at 10.00 was at the source of Min Jiang, which was about the highest point on the plains, and it was freezing outside. At 10.45 we reached Zhan Zhu Si town for gem stones shop, and had lunch at 12.00.

We reached Jiuzhai-Huanglong Airport at 13.00 when it started to snow. We boarded the plane on time at 13.40 and took off at 14.20, landing in Chengdu on time at 15.10.

We arrived at the next tour area, Wangjiang Lou Park, at 16.40, overlooking Jing Jiang also known as Brocade River until 17.30.

We then had herbal dinner at Qing Shan Zhai from 18.15 until 19.10. After dinner, Grace accidentally dropped the waist pouch with the video cam inside. At 19.45 we reached the Face-change Cultural Show where we realized that the filter for the video cam had shattered due to the earlier drop. YowCH managed to remove the filter glass and noted no other damage apart from a few minor scratches. The Cultural Show started at 20.10, which included comedies, acrobatics, songs and opera in addition to the face-change.

The show ended at 21.30 and we boarded bus to Western Royal Palace Hotel. After a shower, we updated the blog, packed and slept at 23.55.

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