Plan for our annual leave, to West Sichuan Province

June 2nd, 2006 Filed under English entries, Travel

@ 2006-06-02 17:44

Suddenly, we are here. I applied to use my entire annual leave quota and got it approved. So does Urecca. So we work out this plan for our annual leave. We have been expecting to have a look at the legend Tibet a long time ago, may be since our first travel.

Now, this is going to be realized. A plan in a rush but we will get ourselves prepared in the next few days. How exciting!

We are very likely to leave at next Wed. or Thu. and below is our plan:

D1
Objective: get to the Shell Valley (海螺沟)
Scenery: Er Lang Mountian (二郎山), Luding Bridge (泸定桥), Shell Valley
Schedule:
SH to CD by air, arrive at CD as early as possible
Take a bus at Xin Nan Men (新南门) bus station and get to Shell Valley (海螺沟) by night
Lodge in a hotel in the spot

D2
Objective: sightseeing and get to KangDing county (康定)
Scenery: hot spring, virgin forest, glacier, GongGa Mountain (altitude 7556, highest in Sichuan, 贡嘎山)
Schedule:
Spending the whole day at the spot
Leave at nightfall; manage to arrive at Kangdiing by 20:00
LoDge in a hotel in the city
PS. Shell Valley is said to be the most beautiful glacier in China

D3
Objective: visit MuGeCuo Lake (cuo means lake in Tibetan, 木格错)
Scenery: lakes, horse riding, grassland, hot spring, jokul
Schedule:
Rent a car to MuGeCuo
Sightseeing there
Go back and loDge at Kangding

D4
Objective: enjoy the beautiful scenery on the way and get to BaMei town (literally means eight beauty, 八美)
Scenery: this part of route is describe as the photographer’s heaven, sceneries include Zheduo Mountain (altitude 4298m, 折多山), XinDuQiao County (新都桥), TaGong Temple (塔公寺)
Schedule:
Rent a car to BaMei, the driver can stop for us any where and time
Lorge at BaMei town

D5
Objective: visit BaMei neighboring places
Scenery: as far as I know: grass land and Tibet castle
Schedule:
Spend the whole day visiting
Lodge at Bamei

D6
Objective: get to DanBa County (丹巴) and visit the neighboring area
Scenery: JiaJu Tibet village (甲居藏寨), MeiRen Valley (Beauty Valley, 美人谷), Tibet Castle (塔楼)
Shcedule:
Take bus their early in the morning
Spend the whole day visiting
Lodge at local hotel
PS. DanBa area is said to be the most beautiful countryside in China rather than WuYuan in Jiangxi Province

D7
Objective: get to RiLong Town (日隆) and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the way
Scenery: XiaoJin County (小金)
Schedule:
Pending: rent a car or take bus to Xiaojin County
Pending: rent a car or take bus from Xiaojin County to RiLong Town
Lodge at Rilong

D8
Objective: see Si Gu Niang Mountain (四姑娘山) and visit Chang Ping Valley (长平沟)
Scenery: Si Gu Niang Mountain and Chang Ping Valley
Shcedule:
Get up early and visit the whole day
Pending: lodge here or take bus to Chengdu

D9
Objective: city scope and back to Shanghai
Scenery: delicious and local lifestyle
Schedule: as far as we can get on board