Day 1: Leaving Aberdeen, Hong Kong
5 января 2025 г., Гонконг ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Goodbye Aberdeen, where we spent most of our time here in Hong Kong! It’s time to start our Chapter 2 adventure :）
Day 1: West Kowloon Station
5 января 2025 г., Гонконг ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Last stop in Hong Kong! The West Kowloon Station which all the high speed rail trains gather. We will be taking a train to the first stop of Chapter 2, Chongqing 🇨🇳
Day 1: Shenzhen North Station
5 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Back to where we ended Chapter 1 of our adventure!
Day 1: Chongqing West Station
5 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
After 7 hours train ride, we are finally here to start our Chapter 2 adventure!
Day 1: Small walk in Chongqing
5 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Looking for food in Chongqing near our hotel area. Came across the beautiful lightings, can’t wait seeing more in this big city!
Day 2: Rest in Chongqing
6 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A little rest and a little walk in Chongqing 🇨🇳 also found a fancy shopping mall but with very few people!
Day 3: Chongqing North Train Station
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Nice and early today. We are not taking train thought. We are catching a 1.5 hours bus at the long distance bus station to Dazu for the rock carvings there. The bus costs CNY44, a smooth ride to Dazu.
Day 3: Dazu Bus Station
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
After 1.5 hours bus ride, we are at Dazu Bus Station. We are trying to look for the local bus 205 that would take us to Dazu Rock Carvings, Bodingshan area directly. The bus stop is a bit difficult toЧитать далее
Day 3: Baodingshan Rock Carvings
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Dazu Rock Carving area is divided into several sites. Today we will just be visiting Baodingshan and Beishan, these 2 areas to make it a full day in Dazu. Dazu Rock Carving was inscribed as a UNESCOЧитать далее
Day 3: Transit to Beishan Rock Carvings
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Beishan Rock Carving is closer to the city. There is a tourist local bus that brought us to there directly from Baodingshan. It costs only 3RMB and it takes only 30 mins.
Day 3: Beishan Rock Carvings
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
People said it’s less stunning than the Baodingshan Rock Carving. However, we still find it quite interesting. It has a longer history than Baodingshan. We are happy that we could be so close to theЧитать далее
Day 3: Dazu Bus Station
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
It’s time to end our day and catch the almost-the-last bus at 6pm back to Chongqing.
Day 3: Chongqing North Train Station
7 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Back to Chongqing North Train Station and make our way back to the hotel by metro
Day 4: Walk around Chongqing City
8 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A short walk around the city with the 18 stairs heritage area. It’s full of tourists and very commercial. Too packed to our liking.
Day 4: Mountain City Lane
8 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Just next to the 18 stairs heritage was a short city hiking trail along the ancient wall. There were a few heritage there, but again very crowded.
Day 5: Chongqing North Station
9 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Taking a 2-hour K-class train to, Wulong, which is just outside Chongqing. The Chongqing North Station is huge and quite crowded due to the CNY crowd.
Day 5: Wulong Train Station
9 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Here we arrived at the starting point of our trip in Wulong, a few day trips branching out here.
Day 6: Jiang Kou Village
10 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
We took a local bus 201 from Wulong City Center to Jiang Kou Village. From here we walked 2.6km uphill to the cave. Then, the cable car will take us to the cave.
Day 6: Furong Cave
10 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Our first place to visit in the Wulong area was the Furong Cave!
Furong Cave is located onof Furong River, the largest tributary of Wulong River, at an altitude of 480 meters.
It is developed inЧитать далее
Day 6: Back to Wulong
10 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Back to Wulong with the local bus 201 and finished our 1-day Furong Cave journey.
Day 7: Walk around Wulong
11 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We were a bit tired from the walk in Furong Cave yesterday. So today we decided to take an easy day with just walking around this small town.
Day 8: Wulong Bus Station
12 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Wulong Bus Station to take the bus to Xiannu Mountain area for the Natural bridges.
Day 8: Three Natural Bridges
12 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
The UNESCO world heritage site of 3 natural bridges (天生三桥) in the Wulong karst region form the largest natural bridge cluster in Asia. Three Natural Bridges is composed of Tianlong Bridge,Читать далее
Day 8: Lonshuixia Fissure Gorge
12 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Just 10 mins bus ride, we arrived at Lonshuixia Fissure Gorge. A 2 km pleasant walk around the gorge with a few waterfalls.
Day 8: Xiannu Shan Tourist Center
12 января 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Ended our day trip at the Xiannu Shan Tourist Information Center. The building is pyramid-shaped, which made it easy to be recognized. It is the central place where tourists start and end theirЧитать далее
ПутешественникSafe travels!
World Vagabonding💚