Kangding/康定 and Chengdu/成都
February 12th 2011 Naoki, Jason and I got up way too early to catch our 6:30 am bus. All of China goes by Beijing time and we were way out west, so the sun didn't come up until hours into the bus ride. It was awesome to experience the sunrise over the Tibetan plateau - the dark night sky faded to deep blue, then light blue, then pink-orange in one corner. Finally the first golden morning rays hit the endless
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