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Chengdu

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Got an early bus to Chengdu. As overcrowded , hot and horrendously polluted as this place always seems to be. Guess wouldnt be so bad if coming from another Chinese city but from the mountains its all a bit stressful. Staying at Sims cozy gh, not a bad place, has a nice chill out garden and cold beer however Sim now moved on. One good thing about Chengdu , good food at last so can pig out. Also so cheap compared to the mountains – just shame you dont get the views.
Fly out back home tomorrow.

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Shangli again

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

Enjoyed my time in Kanding. The place kind of grew on me with its mix of Tibetan and Chinese cultures in an uneasy balance. Actually I found the place very friendly and easy going with its mixture of monks, tibetans and chinese and couldn’t feel safer. It was the fact there is rarely a police car further than 30 metres away and enough paramilitaries to ensure perfect harmony that left me wondering. Will British towns and cities look this way in 10 years time with our [read on]

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Yading 5

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
My final hike took me to frog lake. A couple of chinese hired horses and with me walking our guides took us to a very peaceful route to another lake. Quite a lot of going up hence the horses but ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Yading 4

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Next day the weather turned poor with snow showers so I decided to return and get some different pics. This time I waited for the bus and having had potato soup the previous night felt much stronger and was quickly ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Yading 3

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Now this is where it all goes wrong at least in the off season. Transport is controlled by the company that brings people in from the tourist center which effectively means Daocheng which means no bus until 10.30 am ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Yading 2

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Left Daocheng for the 2 hour trip to Yading. You get dropped of at Shangri la where you buy your ticket then a bus takes everyone the 31 kms to Yading village and then the start point. We stopped at ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Yading 1

Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Back in the real world after arriving back in Kanding last night. Was planning on heading to Danba today but weather turned miserable and feel like a lazy day so will catch up with life and then head to ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Doacheng 3

Saturday, March 21st, 2015
Having plannned to leave this morning sickness left me staying the extra day. So Doacheng, as everyone knows is famous for having the highest altitude airport in the world!. Probably not a good idea to be flying from low altitude ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Daocheng 2

Friday, March 20th, 2015
Cont . the flip side is the Tibetans are less keen on their land becoking a Disney theme park. The batons,helmets and riot shields laid out at Litang bus station as were probably the huge convvoy of military vehicles possibly ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Doacheng

Friday, March 20th, 2015
Just been throwing my guts up after having diarhea all day. Just what I needed on a 12 hour bus journey. And the toilets at least at the bus stops are as bad as they get. Saying that there ... [Continue reading this entry]

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