Waking up on our last day in Jiuzhaigou was a cold one. We knew that we had little time left to take photos of the rest of the park and luckily Jay was able to arrange a pickup to the front at 8:30AM. We quickly started to clean up, wash up, and pack while Jay prepared a quick breakfast. Once the ride came and dropped us off at the entrance we set forth on a bus to start taking pictures of the park. The morning was quite crisp and smoke billowed from everyone as they breathed. As we started to walk more and more, our muscles reminded us how sore we were from the all day hike the day before.
We moved through the park at a good pace and got some really stunning photos that you will see below. We wrapped up and met with Jay again at the Science Office to pick up our stuff and to say goodbye. Jay presented us with a book about the park and we were really surprised how nice it was. Again we dragged our luggage out to the cabs and were able to share a cab with another guy who was heading to the airport. He told us that he’s been trying to leave for the last few days but all the flights were booked. Sure enough once we arrived at the airport we couldn’t get a seat on an earlier flight which left us to explore the small but surprisingly modern airport.
Luckily there were no more delays as we left Jiuzhaigou and caught a cab at the Chengdu airport to our next hotel called the Budda Zen. The room was quite nice but unfortunately the windows didn’t block out much of the noise from the side street and courtyard below. Still after sleeping in a tent in a cabin the night before, this was heaven!
by Jessie
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