Changbaishan National Park

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June 16th 2010

Published: June 16th 2010

We travelled through lovely countryside full of rolling forests to arrive in Baihe from Tonhgua.Baihe would be our base for exploring the Changbaishan National Park famous for Heaven Lake which shares its border of Korea and is at 2100 m and 373m deep, and supposedly has a monster like our Loch Ness!. The town is about 20km from the nearest Park gate and is the closest town to the park,which is 24... Read Full Entry

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Scott and Lynn

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Tell us a bit about yourself: this information will appear on your page and can be edited later. Scottish and on a sabbatical with my wife Lynn for one year, we are in Thailand now and will be in China next stop for two months.My wife is a Midwife and I am Ranger/Ski Teacher(snow),we are in our 40's and have a son called Jamie who works offshore.... full info

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North Heaven Lake

Still frozen.we are standing at 2697m.

On our way up to the Waterfall

Cooked in the Thermal waters at the waterfall

We had some corn it was out of season and overcooked but hot.

Heaven Lake Notrh side

DRRK can be seen to the left. They have half the lake .

Lynn at the Waterfall

Korean Dress

Met these sweet old ladies and asked for a photo.They were very obliging as they had travelled especially here to dress and have a photo.

The Changbaishai Waterfall

There are many waterfalls but this is the biggest.

View from our boardwalk

Our Boardwalk

We decided to walk down from the falls instead of getting the bus. With luck no-one was there,bliss,peace for a while.

Proverb

The Underground Forest

After walking for a while we came upon this sunken valley which was inaccessible

The Underground Forest

Karst formations

Entangled in love

Birch and Pine roots twisted together. Heart shaped padlocks with intials /names of couples who have celebrated their 30th annivesary

The Sky Round Pool

Wild Rhoddedendrons and reflections in this small pond on our walk.

The Sky Round Pool

So called as it is a perfect circle!

The Green Deep Pool

From the top, it reminded us of the green lochan.

White Birch and Green Loch

Way up to falls

A lot of tourists miss out on other sites as all they want to see is the main attraction Heaven Lake.So this place was quiet.

28th December 2010

Zeon
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Lovely photo! Are you staying in the same hostel for the whole trip? So you are entering the park from north gate and west gate, you need to pay for 2 entrances fee? Can't you go in from North and out from West? How do you travel to the gate? How long to north and to west and how much?

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