Friday, 29 April 2016

Day 7- Potatso National Park

Started the day with another big breakfast - Deluth tried to double her body weight in a single meal.



Jo decided to slip class today as she is thoroughly enjoying the serenity of the area - and obviously fears it may the last time for quite a long time that she will enjoy such peace!

So Joey, Deluth and Sarah set off into the pouring rain to experience China’s first national park, Potatso. Opened in 2007 (over 150 years after Yellowstone and decades after the Country Parks in HK were established). 


















Potatso extends over 115 square miles and is home to a great assortment of wildlife and birds (bears, squirrels, cranes etc). It has lots of lakes and tree mosses (proving that this is a unique, unpolluted area.)

Only 15 km from our hotel, we were soon boarding a bus and watching the driver swerve around corners as he groped the radio wires in order to ensure the muzak was transmitting.














Tramping China-style (often in high heels but not for us!)






We walked for a while and then waited and boarded a bus.
And then walked and bused.



On our drive home we noticed this spectacular building in a small village - apparently a printing press for the monasteries.



And then we visited the local hot baths, but decided against taking a dip and instead strolled high above the pools in the sunshine.

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