Day 2 - Xi'an - Jiu Huang Airport - Huanglong
Woke up at 0430hrs, depart from hotel to airport at 0525hrs. Suppose to take domestic flight from Xi'an to Jiu Huang Airport at 0730hrs, hmm...flight delayed again. Well, not sure we were lucky or not cos the flight after us were cancelled.
↓ Meal box distributed by the airport. Was it our breakfast/lunch??hmm..
The carrot was salty, cucumber and egg ok. Did not eat the Man tou and carrot.
Flight delayed till 1230hrs as reported, however, at around 1145hrs, they annouced for boarding. We were so happy! Lucky never cancelled!
↓ Nice view from the flight. There was one area where the plane flew so close to the moutain! Did not take it cos I did not sit near the window.
↓ Jiu Huang Airport
↓ Taken from the bus
↓ Bought "紅景天 - Hong Jin Tian", suppose to cure Altitude Sickness/ mountain sickness.
Actually I was not sure whether I need that but my mum too scared so we bought 2 boxes for prevention.
Can't describe the taste of this..hmm...its liquid form and we had to drink 2 bottles. According to another guide, he said that this liquid form only last 2 hours. hmm..anyway, we did not feel any mountain sickness.
↓ View outside the bus
↓ Huanglong visitor center
↓ Huanglong lobby exhibit
Asked mum to pose as though she was wearing the hat...
↓ Ticket to Huanglong Scenic Area
Taken from itinerary : Huang Long is famous for its "4 wonders" scenary including colorful ponds, snow - clad mountains, valleys and primitive forests. Due to its layered calcium carbonated deposit patterns, the valley resembles a golden dragon winding its way through the virgin forest, stone mountains and glaciers. Along the valley are scattering numerous colourful ponds of different sizes and shapes, which are strewn with gold coloured limestone deposit giving a shimmering golden hue to water, so in sunlight, a golden dragon seems to surge forth from the forest. Thus it was named "Huang Long".
↓ Unmelted ice
I had helped a Chinese couple took photos of the below area. Hmm, he was using Canon, strange thing was i saw blurred image from the viewer of the camera. After the photo taken and looked back, it was sharp and nice. I heard them said I was good in taking nice photos when I left. =P
↓ Its autumn!
↓ Snow man..Haha..a bit ugly
↓ View outside bus again.
