SICHUAN, one week in May 2006
一个礼拜在四川




Day 1 : Chengdu 成都 to 萝卜寨 Luobozhai  and wandering in that village, where houses are made of earth.
Luckily, it was labor's day, and they were about to celebrate with dances, ... we had a very warmth welcome and were even invited to sing a song in front of the 200 people present... (we've been singing Aux Champs Elysées !!) 
.... oups I made a mistake in the slideshow... mistaking the city Luobozhai for Wenchuan.. so when you see "Wenchuan" in fact it's "Luobozhai"

Day 2 : Luobozhai to Maerkang 马尔康, a 500km trip in a minivan. Landscape changing little by little, the mountain is coming. Very beautiful arrival in Maerkang!

Day 3 : Maerkang to Danba 丹巴 , a 6hrs drive in bus. Dangerous road on which you can feel a "tibetan air". Arrival in Danba, we've been visiting the JIazhu tradtionnal village on a very beautiful spot'
Then, afternoon, jump in a minivan and head toward Rilong 日隆  where we've booked horses at AM1:00 for the next morning

Day 4  :  5:00AM : waking up to start the trek on the Siguniang Shan, riding lazy horses !
Nice day in the mountain (with scattered showers...) aiming to a lake  (alt. 3260m)
back in Rilong, we jump into a taxi and 4hrs later, a snow fall and some crazy roads after, we finally arrive in Chengdu at AM 2:00 !!!

Day 5 : no rest for the heroes.... Let's go to Leshan 乐山 its giant buddha and nice temples, South of Chengdu. Good weather here! it's like summer compared to the snow and moutain climate....

Days 6 & 7 : wandering in Chengdu, lazying in very nice tea houses... let's take it easy!

PICTURE GALLERY RIGHT HERE ...