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Made in China - Huang Long Multi-coloured Pools

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September 23rd 2013
A 5:00 am wakeup call and an early start to the day. We get a packed breakfast from the hotel consisting of fruit, pastries, yoghurt and say farewell to Lilly at the airport. A 1 hour flight sees us land in Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong airport. The airport is at 3,500m altitude, around 1.5 hours from Huang Long, and 1.5 hours from Jiuzhaigou, in different directions. It is cold and wearing shorts and t-sh ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more