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ShuangQiaoGou
(Double Bridge Valley)
& ChangPingGou
(Long Terrace Valley)
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13th
February 2004
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| valley of waterfalls | ||||
| ShuangQiaoGou is an ice climber's paradise... with nearly a hundred waterfalls lining the length of both the valley walls, there is a ice wall to be climbed every few hundred metres apart | ||||
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| tourist | ||||
| on this day we became tourists... visiting the valleys in the comfort of the tour bus | ||||
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| freedom | ||||
| JiChen working with the management bureau elates her happiness of being out with us | ||||
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| hunter's peak | ||||
| the mountains in the region are very difficult to climb, being characterised with steep slopes with sharp pointed summits | ||||
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| end of the road | ||||
| view to the upper reaches of ShuangQiaoGou as seen from the end of the road | ||||
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| larch woods | ||||
| view to the Larch Woods Glacier | ||||
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| bus | ||||
| surprisingly the tour bus performed very well on the snow covered road without snow chains | ||||
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| prayer | ||||
| Sandy saying a prayer at the choten | ||||
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| rugged | ||||
| the rugged knife edge peaks that make this region so unique | ||||
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| dead or alive | ||||
| as if frozen in time, these trees are unique that they neither grow nor are they dead | ||||
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| giant ice lolly | ||||
| cleansing with water from the river is suppose to be able to vitalise one's youth... how about eating the frozen water here? | ||||
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| mother & child | ||||
| the residents of the homestead just opposite our guest lodge | ||||
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| gangsters | ||||
| ...back to terrorise RiLong | ||||
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| the four ladies | ||||
| with good weather, all four ladies could be seen together at last | ||||
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| face | ||||
| with imagination, one can see the beautiful face of the youngest lady | ||||
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| lama | ||||
| back at the ruins of the Lama Temple, now with a clear view to the ladies | ||||
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| rock climbing | ||||
| Xiao Di doing the most natural thing when faced with a rock wall | ||||
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| ruins | ||||
| once a glorious site of reverence | ||||
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| doorway | ||||
| Xiao Di at the door that leads into the inner sanctum of the Lama Temple | ||||
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| homestead | ||||
| a better picture of this beautiful homestead with a great view to the mountains in it's backyard | ||||
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