Sonntag, 19. Mai 2013
Songpan 松潘
highpeak, 14:39h
Another early morning wake up (this is far away from being a relaxed trip as some have asked me) to catch the 7.00 am bus to Zoige (no direct bus to Songpan). Already at the bus station we met Francesco, an Italian traveller who has already finished 3/4 of his round the world trip and about one month in China. He was not sure where to go, but during the drive to Zoige he decided to further go down together with us to Songpan. Had to wait a bit more than one hour in Zoige before catching the next direct bus to Songpan, so we took the chance for a quick chinese breakfast in a nearby place (too much to call it a restaurant). Finally after about 5 hours bus driving we arrived in Songpan in Sichuan Province, a small touristy town, famous for horse riding tours, but for us just a small stop over before going to the famous sightseeing spots in Sichuan.
We had a walk through old town which looked a bit like Lijiang (but much smaller)
and afterwards ended up in Emma's kitchen, a traveller restaurant beside the main road.
So actually we were sitting here, drinking tea and beer with Francesco, a true and very funny character who even could speak German after living one year in Dresden. He knows a lot of funny stories and we had a very good time with him, hopefully we will see him again in Lijiang.
We also took the chance to taste local dried yak meat (delicious) and Tibetan liquour made from barley (not delicious, typically chinese bai jiu style).
The evening ended in the nice hotel (Old house), which had a big open area in front of the rooms, just talking about good old times (i am sure the other guests hated us...).
We had a walk through old town which looked a bit like Lijiang (but much smaller)
and afterwards ended up in Emma's kitchen, a traveller restaurant beside the main road.
So actually we were sitting here, drinking tea and beer with Francesco, a true and very funny character who even could speak German after living one year in Dresden. He knows a lot of funny stories and we had a very good time with him, hopefully we will see him again in Lijiang.
We also took the chance to taste local dried yak meat (delicious) and Tibetan liquour made from barley (not delicious, typically chinese bai jiu style).
The evening ended in the nice hotel (Old house), which had a big open area in front of the rooms, just talking about good old times (i am sure the other guests hated us...).
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