Day 27 310506 九寨沟 Part III

We entered the Valley again in the morning, taking the early bus to the farthest end where the Long Lake and the 5 Color Pool were. We were a little worried that we couldn’t meet Kenneth as his handphone line was terminated. We just hoped that he would make it on time at the designated meeting pointing.

Being one of the few early birds in the Valley, we had exclusive view of the scenery. Beside the Long Lake, there was a tree with leaves on its left and none on its right. It was called 独臂老人. It was really boring here and so we took the bus to the other prong to meet Kenneth.

The other tip was at higher altitude and the bus had to keep turning up the winding road. When we reached the end, CCG was walking very slowly behind. All of a sudden, he turned and Merlioned into the drain! I didn’t even notice him feeling unwell or what. He just kept quiet and suddenly kept puking. It was really a great amount of vomit he threw up.

We rested at a pavilion nearby to let CCG catch his breath while I eat my 八宝粥. It was past noon then and Kenneth was no where in sight. We then moved on to the primitive rainforest but there was nothing there except large number of trees that shot right up into the sky.

We finally gave up waiting for Kenneth and decided to walk the right prong towards the intersection point. We assumed that he would make it back to the hotel later, unless he was caught for taking the bus without the ticket. Much of the afternoon was spent trekking and the only person still enthusiastic enough to take picture was CCG. He said he wanted to use up all the memory. Naturally, JH and I were in almost all of his photos.

We returned to the hotel in the evening but Kenneth was still missing. Maybe he was robbed by the monks in the monastery. While we were watching TV, Kenneth suddenly appeared at the door of our room. Glad that he was back in one piece.

One of the things that we sought to accomplish in this trip is to have 烤全羊 for dinner and we found such stalls near our hotel. 1 full sheep cost 400rmb and we definitely couldn’t finish. In the end, we asked for 4 jin of meat, and sat inside a Tibetan tent. We had to wait for about an hour and so in the meantime, we ordered some sticks of barbequed food.

When the dish of mutton was served, it was one pile of ball or cube-shaped meat. We tried a few pieces and it was spicy and tasty. But very soon we were so sick of it that if we were to eat anymore we might just threw up. Without finishing the food, we left and went shopping along 边边街. Tomorrow we will be going back to Chengdu and it will be another torturous 10 hrs ride. So we bought some tidbits to eat along the way.