http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Sichuan , Kangding en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:09:44 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:09:44 UTC Day 1 We left Litang fo Kangding where we stayed at Sally's Guesthouse which was great value. We met some amazing people including some English people doing the world's challange and it had this great atmosphere about it. The town its self was interesting to say the least. In the middle of the town was this raging river which looked so fierce and you could hear it from all over the town. I can't r http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/blog-326695.html Frueh frueh morgens sind wir aufgebrochen. Um 700 zum Busbahnhof und dann 8 Stunden mit dem Bus nach Kanding. Von 500m Chengdu ueber einen Pass von ueber 4200m nach Kangding das auf 2600m liegt. Eine Kleinstadt bevoelkert von Chinesen und Tibeter. Die groesste Stadt der westlichen Provinzen von Sichuan. Ein Flughafen und groessere Hotels haben die Chinesen bereits im Bau.Nach der Eincheckung in http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/blog-212486.html StevenAfter the calf busting Mount Emei we have decided to take it easy for a bit. Were now heading to Western Sichuan where the influence will become more and more Tibetan once again.After escaping the tourist melange at Emei Shan we had to make a stop in a town called Ya'an. This place is famous as in 53 BC the first tea tree was planted on a nearby mountain. A wide river runs through th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/blog-176695.html Thursday 24th to 25 May 2007 One of the reasons for coming to Chengdu again on this trip was to use Chengdu as a gateway to travel to the remote parts of Sichuan province near the Tibetan Autonomous region border area. Large areas of western and northern Sichuan and nearby Gansu province are largely populated by Tibetans and have been out of bounds for most foreigners until fairly recently. As http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/blog-166922.html The RG had said that tickets to Kangding only went on sale at 230PM the day before travel the fact that our tickets purchased on the dot only got us seats in the second of 2 minibuses that were laid on in addition to the main bus made me suspect that that wasn't true. It was a cold and smoky journey on bumpy roads. The first part of the journey was climbing out of Litang's valley via a 4700m http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Sichuan/Kangding/blog-165956.html