marvelling at snow-capped mountain and oh-so-blue water in da li

gosh, blogger has changed some of the layouts in its pages and i was all messed up as well. so the photo arrangements are all jumbled up too. usually, the first photo loaded will appear last. but now in its new look, the first photo loaded will appear first following in that order too.

so now all my photos are in reverse sequence. meaning, the places that i visited last appear first. anyway, it is the view that matters in this post.

venue- jade dragon snow capped mountain in dali.

this was the day i wore the thickest but the view was the most wonderful in the whole trip.
the air was crisp and there were even snowflakes in the air when we arrived at the foot of the mountain. it definitely did not feel like spring.

this is the river that runs down to the valley from the mountain. its water is really torquise in colour and i heard it is due to the mineral in the river....or is it because it is glacier water?

we actually went to visit the mountain first before coming down to view the river. we were driven around in electric carts provided by the park. no personal vehicle was allowed in to control the environment here and to preserve the place. but the crowd was still so huge and there were lots of pushing and shoving while queueing to get onto the cars.

this was just a little part of one of the queues we had to be in to visit the three hotspots along the river. our group skipped one because it was lunch already.

this small waterfall is man-made.

how serene eh?

a yak or mountain cow....i am not sure which. you can pay to get a ride on the cow and go to the middle of the river to have your photo taken. haha...i had seen it done on amazing race.

a close-up of the snowy peaks.

more snow....this was where we waited before taking the cable car to reach 3200m above sea level.

nope, of course we did not reach the peak. this was where we landed after a walk from the cable car station and everyone started snapping and posing.

dreams and hopes anyone?? pay to get a piece of wood and write down your wishes and dreams and hang it up. may all your dreams come true.

the cable car station.

i so enjoyed myself here in the natural surrounding. we did a short walk from the cable car station all the way to the photo spot of the mountain. i was glad we did the walk instead of taking another electric car. we passed through a wood and marvelled at our surroundings and i could not help ooing and aaaaing at god's creations. 

this is a must visit!