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When will my body feel good again?
Songpan, China -- Northen Sechuan
"When will my body feel good again?"
-Benjamin, last night
In the past week, we've ridden on a crappy bus for 12 hours; spent the night 'illegally' in a national park, secretly sleeping in the home/defunct guesthouse of a Tibetan family; hiked many miles over the course of 2 days in Jiuzhaigou National Park with nothing to eat but peanuts and Oreo cookies. We've ridden on horses for three days in the mountains, camping in canvas tents at night under thunderstorms and hail; worn the same clothes and underwear for too many days to mention; spent time with Israelis, Australians, Chinese, and a German. In short, it's been a busy, painful, tiring, and amazing week.
The scenery up here is incredible -- velveteen hillsides of emerald green, sable mountains, Tibetan villages, taunting gray clouds that fight with blue sky, snow capped peaks of cloud-kissing mountains, rivers and streams, clear turquoise lakes, waterfalls...
There's much too much to write now... we've just returned from our horse trek and we're burnt! A hot shower, a real bed with a pillow, and a few hours of rest is what we need to recharge. Tomorrow we head south, back to Chengdu for a few days of R&R before we head off to climb more mountains and sleep in strange places.
More to come...
"When will my body feel good again?"
-Benjamin, last night
In the past week, we've ridden on a crappy bus for 12 hours; spent the night 'illegally' in a national park, secretly sleeping in the home/defunct guesthouse of a Tibetan family; hiked many miles over the course of 2 days in Jiuzhaigou National Park with nothing to eat but peanuts and Oreo cookies. We've ridden on horses for three days in the mountains, camping in canvas tents at night under thunderstorms and hail; worn the same clothes and underwear for too many days to mention; spent time with Israelis, Australians, Chinese, and a German. In short, it's been a busy, painful, tiring, and amazing week.
The scenery up here is incredible -- velveteen hillsides of emerald green, sable mountains, Tibetan villages, taunting gray clouds that fight with blue sky, snow capped peaks of cloud-kissing mountains, rivers and streams, clear turquoise lakes, waterfalls...
There's much too much to write now... we've just returned from our horse trek and we're burnt! A hot shower, a real bed with a pillow, and a few hours of rest is what we need to recharge. Tomorrow we head south, back to Chengdu for a few days of R&R before we head off to climb more mountains and sleep in strange places.
More to come...
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