Day 3 & 4
We started the day a bit early. The weather wasn't look promising. Gloomy, cloudy, no blue sky. So we prepared rain coat and sweater. Bila sampai entrance, tengok manusia pergh ramai ya amatt. Dah kenapa semua orang bangun awal kekeke. So we went straight to the ticket counter. 1 adult for my husband and 1 student ticket for me. Thanks Vandy for letting me keep my Vandy card. I'll use it wisely (Ehem!) The ticket price for student was half okayyy sape taknak rugi la :P After entering the park, I realized they didn't check my student card, so bermulalah idea idea jahat untuk hari esok which I thought was brilliant until........
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| Jiuzhaigou Park Map -taken from Google |
You see the Y shape? so that was pretty much everything you will cover in Jiuzhaigou National Park. We started the first day with the right branch (which I think sangat bijak because more attractions and still fit to walk), meaning from Premival Forest, Swan Lake and all the way down. We already paid for the shuttle bus (terpaksa) so better make use of it. In the beginning, we're quite lost on how the shuttle bus works, so belasah je. Naik mana yang sampai dlu (blue bus/ green bus) lepas tu baru pikir. Then we figured out that the shuttle bus wont make any stop on the way up. So you have to stay in the bus from the entrance until the very upper right/left branches. The bus will only stop at every attraction point on the way down. But we prefer to walk down instead of bus hopping. You better take my advice on this, WALK as much as you can because the walking trail punya view lagi cantik, mendamaikan, tenang dan sebagainya which you wont get to see if you take the bus. and the rest, I'll let you explore by yourself hehe
We ended our first day at Suzheng Village, sebab hujan and kaki dah penat lapar dan sebagainya. Keluar je park, we rushed to the Bus Terminal to buy ticket for HuangLong. Where is the Bus Terminal? Good Question, go out from the park entrance, and take right, walk straight ~15minutes until you see this building.
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| Jiuzhaigou mouth travelling passanger transportation center- even my Chinese friend doesn't get the meaning until now. Like seriously your mouth is travelling? |
Our hotel was at the left side of the park, so we had to walk about 25 minutes back from Mouth Travelling (macam best pulak term ni) to our hotel. Anddd we saw a halal restaurant yeayy. Good news to all muslim. hihi From the park entrance, no need to cross the road,just take left, walk about 10minutes, there is one street where people sell souvenirs, ubat ubatan, buah etc, keluar je from that street carik kedai ni (green color with obvious Halal sign), opposite tu Jzh Local Taxation Bureau Office (I think red color). Don't forget to ask menu in English and enjoy! :D
We really underestimated the second day, we thought it was going to be raining all day, we thought the crowds were less, we thought it was okay to buy 2 student tickets since they didn't check it on Day 1, but... we were totally wrong. kahkahkah. Day 2-very nice weatherrrr, blue skyy, hot and sunny (we wasted some space in our bag with sweater raincoat etc).
So my husband bought 2 student tickets, we were happy queuing, planning, laughing (happy to save hundred bucks) until we arrived at the gate. Guess what? The ticket lady asked for student card pffftttt Kantoi... So I was passed, thanks again Vandy, but my husband didnt make it. He acted like finding the card in his bag sambil berfikir untuk melompat pagar dengan aksi yang sangat mengkantoikan (nasib tak buat phew). kahkah, And I was inside alone, observing the other gates, carik idea utk meloloskan suami, sambil tergelak dalam hati confident sangat tdi. kahkahkah and finally I got an idea, TINGGTONGG I asked husband to change gate since not all staffs were that strict, and he made it with full of confidence hahahahaa.
We covered the left branch on the second day/last day. We pretty much covered everything except for Mirror Lake. It was raining on the first day so we didnt make it, and windy on the last day. Sobs sobs Visit mirror lake memang kene right timing, pagi when there is no wind, and tak hujan, baru the reflection clearr. Watch this video and don't missed Mirror Lake like we did :(
We ended our second day in Jiuzhaigou with having a big fat dinner at the Halal Restaurant. Yeay. It was so tiring, rasa macam kalau dapat massage memang syiokk gila. haha But Jiuzhaigou is very beautiful, heaven on earth, hidden treasure or whatever you wanna called it. World Class National Park. 5 star.
