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!