Photography by Mark Carnaby

Taxi ride from Jiuzhaigou airport to Huanglong Valley
Huanglong taxi stop: snowman I spotted
Huanglong taxi stop: animal hides for sale
Huanglong taxi stop: beads and some more hides for sale, or decoration?
Nice group of Malaysians I met at the airport ~ Trisny & crew!
'Good Luck To You All' stone outside Huanglong Valley
Mountain view inside the Huanglong Valley
Strolling past an oxygen break cabin
Huanglong Temple as seen from above
Umbrella's used for the original reasons!
Multi-Colored Pond at the top of Huanglong Valley
Viewing platform at the Multi-Colored Pond
Multi-Colored Pond scenic view, note the Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags in the background and the Huanglong Temple
The facade of the Huanglong Temple
The Chinese crowds coming down from Huanglong's mountains
This strange terrain is made of 'carbonic acid rock' which formed many years ago
The small town I stayed in at Jiuzhaigou Valley
October is holiday time for the Chinese as you can see from the endless traffic!
The entrance to Jiuzhaigou Valley
Lakes so clear that you could almost touch the vegetation under the water
Some moss hanging of a tree, Autumn colours everywhere
A dead tree lies in the coloured water
One of my fav's this, you'd think your looking a national park in America not China!
Walkways through the mountains
A Jagged mountain jut's out of the background
It's all about the reflection in this photo, beautiful!
Wedding model posing in front of one of the many lakes of Jiuzhaigou
One of the Panda Waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou Valley, like the sun shining through the mist in this one
Jiuzhaigou from Mark Carnaby on Vimeo.
Video of above mentioned waterfall
The Pearl Shoal Waterfall, view from the top
The magnificent Pearl Shoal Waterfall! [Buy print]
One of the many smaller waterfalls in the Rize Valley of Jiuzhaigou

China 2014: Part Six of Eleven

The Chinese Adventure: Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong

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Flying into the heart of China, Jiuzhaigou, was breathtaking! (and cold), leaving the big cities behind and seeing the rocky snow-capped mountains upon arrival I felt like I was in an entirely different place altogether! I had two days here the first day I visited the snow-clad mountains of Huanglong Valley and trekked all the way up to the famous Multi-colored Pond, after coming back down from the mountains I couldn’t find my taxi driver, the nice Malaysian people I was sharing the ride with and my luggage! about an hour later and all was sorted (was starting to get a bit worried for a bit until the drivers mysteriously turned up and Malaysian group started to appear out of the exit) and then it was a gruelling 3/4 hour taxi journey late into the night to the mega busy Jiuzhaigou, and more trouble with my accommodation and nowhere accepting visa cards but that’s another story… next day was spent in what can only be described as one of the most scenic places I’ve ever been to in my life “fullstop”. Needless to say I let the photo’s do the talking from this point…

More photos in my blog post I made whilst travelling in China