It's so clear that one can see the bottom of the lakes..and the colours !...all shades of blue, emerald , turquoise. Very much like the waters off Redang/Perhentian islands.

Leshan Giant Buddha
The statue of a seated Maitreya Buddha with his hands resting on his knees.Standing 71 metres tall, the shoulders are twenty-eight metres wide. The smallest toenail is large enough to accommodate a seated person.



Steps cut into the mountain , leading up to the Unesco World Heritage site of Leshan Giant Buddha.



Close-up of the face of The Maitreya,Leshan; the largest stone-carved buddha in the world. Personally, I prefer the one at Bingling Temple at Xiahe.

Hailougou Valley Glacier located in Mount Gonggar.

Hailougou Glacier
The Great Ice-Fall - 1100 meters wide and 1080 meters in height, viewed 3 km away. It stretches 14.7 km down from the slopes of Gongga Shan.



Interesting Cloud Formation over Mount Gonggar. To get a feel of the height of the mountain, look out for the pylon on right of pix



Minute.. like Ants
Visitors dwarfed by the ice -formation at the base of the glacier. A 1,600-year-old massive glacial field of smashed ice. crushed rock,and mud

Local Girl taking a pix in front of Hailougou Glacier



Hengduan Mountains
@ Eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Comprising 71 glacires in a total area of 255 Kmē, in Minya Konka.



Cicak in the sky?
Cloud formation that resembles a cicak aka gecko



Sudden cover of clouds over the mountain range where Hailougou Glacier is situated.



This post has been edited by ??!!: Nov 20 2006, 04:17 PM

there's no smilies to represent how I feel.

Breathtaking.
takes my breath away.
i feel so insignificant now compared to the glacier.
I need to find time to go there to visit.

stormrider ...

Mother nature never fail to bring solace to our soul.

Imagination...imagination

Prior to Departure

Browsing thru the shops at the airport....killing time before departure to Chengdu

Hurrying to board..



Lantern Deco
Looks like rockets taking off.



Colour of the lights changes ; like the lights on the christmas tree!

You have excellent pics there. I love the landscape pics.

Glad you like the pix.

More airport pix..

Tagong Grassland

...one of my favourite places. Wide expanse of steppe surrounded by high mountains.


Look at the joy on the faces of these 2 young Ethnic Tibetian girls. Taken on the steppe;as they walk pass horses towards the temple.

More on Tagong. C & C appreciated.

Mountain Full of prayer flags on Tagong Grassland


Monks & Temple


Snowy Mountain @ Tagong


It's snowing!

ah, so long didn't visit here liao. So nice the photos. The mountain photos made me feel like "Snowy Mountain Flying Fox"...

Thanks for dropping by.
Is this some 'Wu-xia' Tv drama?..

Tagong Temple, a well known landmark of the Sakya (Flower) Sect, was built during Qing Dynasty. Situated on an altitute of 3700 M. on a vast expanse of green meadow surrounded by snow-capped peaks and dotted with Tibetan herdsmen and tents.



Intricate design of the temple



Long white wall of Tibetian temple on the Tagong Grassland



Red terraces- part of the temple complex in Tagong



Locals having a chat outside Tagong temple

A trip to Sichuan will be incomplete without a visit to the Wolong Panda Reserve. The pandas there are full of antics.

Give me a hug..I am so sad


Lovey Dovey


Like a Big Tai-pan - Crossing his legs


Doing the split


Sooo Manja
This panda was actually sulking and hiding behind the rock despite his keepers' cajoling.


Taking a break from all the posing

nice panda photos.
did you pay to photograph, or pat or ....the panda?

cute PANDA!!!!!!!!!!!!