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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Yading Nature Reserve, China by TravelPod blogger Lraleigh titled “The Big Kora, part II: Wisdom” Lraleigh’s travel blog entry: “After crossing the pass between Power and Wisom, Jeremy and I headed into a land of boulders, covered with wind-blown snow–The Snowfields. The trail disappeared under the snow; travel was difficult: sometimes, the crisp outer shell of the snow held fast, othertimes, the shell broke and we would find ourselves falling in between boulders, covered in snow. On one boulder, I banged my left knee and on one fall, I hyperextended my left knee. I was cursing The Snowfields as we continued, slowly; hours passed, it seemed, before we finally made our way to fairer grounds and ate our ceremonial half of a Snicker’s bar. Soon, we were much lower, relaxing behind warm rocks in cattle fields, bathing in the warm, high altitude sun amidst blue skies. I fell asleep for a nap, comfortable. After our naps, we stopped at Wisdom’s Stupa, located in a small cave amidst prayer flags and mani stones under the 6000 meter mountain called Wisdom. We traversed several scree slopes at the base of the mountain as the sun hung low across the next ridge, sending beams of light into the valley far below. We climbed, sheer cliffs dropping thousands of feet to our left side. As Dusk hid the sun from view, several Blue Sheep scampered away as we approached. On three sides, cliffs rose around us, creating a natural …
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Beijing, China by TravelPod blogger Penguinx titled “Day 4 Great Wall of China & Ming Tombs” Penguinx’s travel blog entry: “Victor picked us up after breakfast to drive to the Great Wall I was hoping to find an adapter somewhere because mine stopped working about using it once. The hotel room has a few different plug-in for different country. But my netbook has a 3 prone plug-in and the wall plug only allows 2. I have a universal adapter. Somehow it worked once and stopped. Victor and the driver does not seem to have any idea where to get it. On our way to the Great Wall, we made a stop at a Cloisonne factory and got a demo on how it is made. Cloisonne is a an ancient technique for decorating metal objects. Always thought it was French technique but was told French got it from China. Tiny pieces, I mean tiny, of metal are glued by hand in the selected pattern to a metal object like a vase. Then it is painted by hand, fired in the kiln. Another layer of paint again, repeat for about 40 times until the layers of paint reaches the same height as the metal pieces to make it smooth. Then the object is smooth out by a machine that looks like a 100 year old by one man. Wow what a process. Next we went into show room full of thousands of pieces of the finished product. You name it, they have it, large & small. Jewelery, vases, plates, teapots… We looked around and bought a tiny tea pot and a egg shape with pandas painted on …
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