Day 9. Tiger Leaping Gorge and White Water Terraces
I hired a driver on Ctrip for ~$120 for this day trip, an exceptional value.
We first went to Tiger Leaping Gorge. It was very impressive with massive water rapidly flowing between cliffs. It was also crowded, although our driver said that the crowd size was much smaller than usual.
The drive near Tiger Leaping Gorge was very scenic. The driver stopped by a few places so that I could take photos. There were famous hiking trails here for hikers to backpacker for days.
We then went to White Water Terraces. This was an amazing place with very few visitors. The only annoyance was that there were people trying to sell us horseback rides at the entrance. I had to repeatedly saying no a few times. The hike was rather short before we reached the top of hill, where the beautiful white rock formations were.
There were also yellow rock formations due to the mud content in the sediment. We also saw some pool-formation-in-progress along the hiking trail.
We had lunch at a nearby restaurant and then went back to the hotel. I ordered some food that was delivered to the hotel, and the robot sent them to our room. We had fun.
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