Monday 18 June 2012

Day 15, 14 June 2012 Jiu Zhai Gou to Rou Er Gai

Today total distance traveled 313.8km

Today we drove to Huang Long (the Yellow Dragon), another World Heritage Site.





Huanglong (simplified Chinese: 黄龙; traditional Chinese: 黃龍; pinyin: Huánglóng; literally "yellow dragon") is a scenic and historic interest area in the northwest part of Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of the Minshanmountain range, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-northwest of the capital Chengdu. 





This area is known for its colorful pools formed by calcite deposits, especially in Huanglonggou (Yellow Dragon Gully), as well as diverse forest ecosystems, snow-capped peaks, waterfalls and hot springs. 



Huanglong is also home to many endangered species including the Giant Panda and the Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey.

The hike up starts at about 3000m and the top of valley is about 3600m. 






After Huang Long, we drove to Ruo Er ai, a city in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. 

The Tibetan Plateau is surrounded by massive mountain ranges. The plateau is bordered to the south by the Himalayan range, to the north by the Kunlun Range which separates it from the Tarim Basin, and to the northeast by the Qilian Range which separates the plateau from the Hexi Corridor and Gobi Desert. 




To the east and southeast the plateau gives way to the forested gorge and ridge geography of the mountainous headwaters of the Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze rivers in western Sichuan (the Hengduan Mountains) and southwest Qinghai. In the west the curve of the rugged Karakoram range of northern Kashmir embraces it.


The view is something we don’t see everyday. There is so much to our life and we will never able to finish our learning about our world in our lifetime. 

Rou Er Gai local folks dance

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