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Following on from Part One, here’s Part Two! Day two included trips to “Fairy mountain” and “Wulong Karst” – The latter being a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The day started with a four-five hour minibus ride out to fairy mountain, on the way we stopped off at a rest stop and I saw this…

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A rather classy gents/ladies sign for the loos.

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After already being on the bus for 3 hours, people were happy just to stretch their legs.

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Bad photo from the window of the minibus, but it shows the altitude we were getting to. Clouds just over the rooftops!

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Driving along.

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Then we arrived at Fairy mountain, part of the Wulong karst tourism area.

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The sign pitched it as an “Oriental Switzerland.”

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So this place is famous for being always foggy, all the time.

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Grass is lovely, don’t break!

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Visibility: Not much.

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Me doing my thing.

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Another “planet” I made.

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John posing.

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Geri and her husband posing.

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Some HDR photography. I wont bore you with the details – but; it makes things look pretty.

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More HDR goodness.

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Maggie and her husband.

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More food!

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More John!

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This was to show how under-capacity this place is. This was national day, the primary travelling time for Chinese people. Nobody.

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*Giggles.*

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Trekking around.

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The elevator we took to descend down into the Karst.

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Wulong Karst HDR 武隆

Wulong Karst HDR 武隆

Wulong Karst HDR 武隆

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Wulong Karst HDR 武隆
More HDR than you can shake a stick at!

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More me and John. Michael had stayed at the hotel this day, as he was feeling under the weather.

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John in period incorrect clothing.

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more HDR.

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Some wildlife.

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“A single spark can destroy the whole forest!” – Thanks for the tip!

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Mini water fall.

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Then it started to rain!

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A cowboy looking out over a whole new frontier.

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Chongqing at night.

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More riverboat action.

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This is apparently a VIP hotel.

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One of the many bridges.

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Looking out over it all.

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A very angry looking Jenny – haha. At this point we’d gone on one of the river boat ships for a trip of our own, just up and down the river a mile or so each way.

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Posing.

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Looking from our river boat up at buildings on the banks.

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Jenny snapping a photo.

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More posing!

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Beautiful stuff. A trip on a boat down the Yangtze river is definitely recommended!

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On the train, heading back home.

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This time we were prepared, with snacks!

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John getting some shut-eye.

Hope you enjoyed it. It was a short but sweet trip. Stay tuned for some video from the trip coming soon! 🙂

More photos (462 of them), here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/akira2506/sets/72157625077436191/

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2 Comments to “ChongQing Holiday (重庆) – Day 2”  

  1. 1 joanne

    hi joe.

    your pictures are beautiful (as always). i wish i could have come with you. i am very jealous and miss you all terribly. big hug from me xxx

  2. 2 Christina

    Great pictures, Joe! And, I love that WC sign.

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