Today we will enter the national park through the southern gate and drive 40 minutes over a mountain in Mr Hu's minibus. Everything is green, wet from last night's rain, and it smells wonderfully fresh. It's not quite 20 degrees and a good 80% humidity. Perfect for our noses and lungs.
The „Dove Tree“ is a symbol or friendship and is protected.
The sandstone pillars were the inspiration for the floating mountains of Pandora in the film Avatar by Janes Cameron. They became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. We take the gondola lift up again, only we're travelling through the fog and you can't see a thing. The mountains are all swallowed up by the fog. Even the tower, which is right in the centre of the national park, is invisible. We decide to take the cable car back down.
So we didn't get the view shown on the information board.
The mother sends the cub ahead to look for something nice.
Now we walk along Golden Whip Creek to the next bus stop. Our guide looks a little incredulous. Because it's 6 kilometres and a 2-hour walk. We're looking forward to it and it's good to be out in nature. Everything along the river and every now and then a sandstone pillar appears and invites us to take photos. Really great. A lot is interpreted into these stone formations and we are always told a story. Oh, there are more people on our way again, so the bus station can't be far away. A nap and a few bends later we were back at the same place as yesterday.
We get a lift to the bakery and enjoy a treat or two.
The baker is making sausages in batter, unfortunately not ready yet.
In the evening we had something safe. Chicken sweet and sour with rice and duplings
Very very impressive 🙂 and beautiful pictures - thank you for letting us share 🙂