We get up early to get to the bus station, our next destination Quiaotou, there we start the trekking through the Tiger Leaping Gorge (according to the Chinese tradition a tiger escaped from a hunter by jumping the mighty river). It is a huge natural gorge with breathtaking views located in the Yulong Xueshan National Park.
Today we will visit the city and the famous Tibetan Monastery of Ganden Sumtseling known as the small Potala because of its resemblance to the great monastery of Lhasa.
Tibetan Monastery of Ganden Sumtseling
We get up at 5:30 and take the van to Xiancheng at 6. The driver tries to sneak us into a countryman who was very big (almost two meters tall) and almost couldn't fit in the van, we told him no.
Road to Shangri La
