Xin Du Qiao was little village on our trip along the South Route.
1China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
2China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
3China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
4China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
5China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
6China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
7China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
8China Xin Du Qiao. Small little dusty down. Cool tractor.
9China Xin Du Qiao. Small little dusty down. A small bridge cuts the town in half.
10China Mini pickup truck in Xin Du Qiao.
11China Xin Du Qiao. Market in the back of our hostel. Chunk of cow anyone?
12China Xin Du Qiao. Market in the back of our hostel.
13China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
14China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. We are at the peek of the mountain. We are between the altitude of 10,000 - 11,000 feet. It was very tiring to climb up, not to mention cold.
15China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. While we were at the peek of the mountain it started to rain so Rick took out his rain hat.
16China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. A long way down the mountain.
17China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Almost down the mountain.
18China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Looking back up.... that was a climb.
19China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Prayer flags cover this sky burial area.
20China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
21China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
22China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
23China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair. Blue sky appears!!
24China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair. Blue sky appears!! As you can see half of the road is mud and the other is fresh concrete.
25China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. Another stop because of road repair.
26China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
27China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
28China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
29China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
30China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao.
31China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. We stopped off at a prayer site and started to climb up the mountain. I took a picture of the pretty blue flowers.
32China Midway to our second town Xin Du Qiao. We stopped off at a prayer site and started to climb up the mountain. I took a picture of the pretty blue flowers.