Arrived Phoenix International Airport at about 1.30 pm. Got off plane and piled into bus to go to terminal. Bus travelled 50m (max) and then we got off ! Funny, but clearly they don't want us walking on the tarmac.
Small airport but easy to get through immigration and into a taxi. No problem getting them to use the meter.
Arrived about 2.30 at Yalong Bay Earthly Paradise Bird's Nest Resort. Quite a steep road to access as the resort is on the mountain overlooking Yalong Bay. It's within the rainforest which is a park open to the public.
Nice name for a hotel...
View from Reception...
Caught small open bus further up mountain to the rooms. Lots of steps later, found room which was actually a pole house type structure. Lovely room with large deck overlooking Yalong Bay.
Walked to restaurant close to room and had lunch, then caught bus further up mountain to explore the park.
The tourist sites are quite close together. It's all built for the tourist but nice to see. There was a nice breeze so not too hot. Not many people either which surprised me. It was reasonably late in the day.
Saw the Longxingtianxia Sculpture which is the Dragon in the photos below. Dragon is the symbol of China. Went to the top of the Canghai Tower. Then walked through the rainforest to see an old rock. Quite steep and lots of steps but very good infrastructure. I was expecting crowds but is was very quiet.
We wanted to do The Strop (zipline) but it was closed by the time we got there. Tomorrow.
The tourist sites are quite close together. It's all built for the tourist but nice to see. There was a nice breeze so not too hot. Not many people either which surprised me. It was reasonably late in the day.
Saw the Longxingtianxia Sculpture which is the Dragon in the photos below. Dragon is the symbol of China. Went to the top of the Canghai Tower. Then walked through the rainforest to see an old rock. Quite steep and lots of steps but very good infrastructure. I was expecting crowds but is was very quiet.
We wanted to do The Strop (zipline) but it was closed by the time we got there. Tomorrow.
Caught bus back to reception and uber (Chinese version) to Yalong Bay. It was dark by now but seemed very touristy. Had a look at the beach. It's meant to be very beautiful but couldn't see in the dark. Had dinner at a nice restaurant. Uber back to hotel and bus back to room.
It's a lovely hotel but you are very dependent on the buses. They always run but there's a bit of waiting around involved. I was lucky to be with a Mandarin speaker, as I was the only Westerner in the hotel, and I'm not sure of the staff's English skills. Might have been okay but I didn't test it.
It was quite nice that whenever they set a place for a mean for us, they would put out knives and forks while everyone else got chopsticks !
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