flawed work of art.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 @ 10:59 am
right, where were we?
oh yes, Chengdu airport. which doesn't look as good as this.

we were taking a small plane up to JiuZhaiGou, the highlight of our trip, which translates into a valley with 9 villages, not 9 drains.... being a one hour plus flight, our terminal was shoddy looking, with people smoking wherever they like. *cough*locals*cough*
that photo up above was taken in the international side, miles away from our departure gate. it was truly a world's difference.
well, actually can't say much, have you been to the Sepang airport these days?? they don't even turn on the lights in some areas!


no matter what they say about China's booming economy, I will always fail to understand what they're stuttering about. (yeah, I'm Chinese, but I didn't say my Engrish was perfect what)


we reach jzg in the late evening and had dinner in this canteen place next to our chalets. stayed in weird-looking LOTR type stone houses, which provided little or no insulation. after our bleh-whatever dinner, we went to visit a Tibetan home.

I got a few nods from people regarding this photo, which was good.


Dzi bead patterned lanterns.


if I thought the food back at the canteen was bad, this place was worse. there was bits of food on the rim of my bowl, hence that put me off any sort of f&b till the next day. the funniest thing was that when my mother told them to change the bowl, they looked as if she just asked them to take off their clothes.

have you heard of Sister-Drum? I used to have their album in my iPod until my brother Daniel erased the whole thing. all 1991 songs - poof! just so you know, the Tibetan do sing like they have 5 other voices in their throats. it's the freakiest thing!
below are some photos of the Tibetan folk and us the tourists, dancing around this big bonfire.




burn her ketiak!!



the interior of the hotel....

... next door - Holiday Inn.


I think it looks like our Chinese surname - Zhu.


our local tour guide with the oh-so-sleepy voice, bringing us round beautiful jzg national park.


our first stop was this beautiful waterfall which has a forgettable name, since I can't remember it.

but then again, I don't remember how many of these beautiful waterscapes I visited, so it could just be my poor memory.

in the next post, we'll see more of mother nature's beauty, but right now, I'll leave you here with these beautiful non-photoshopped photos to dream of.


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