TRAVEL | random

One of my favourite snaps of a random well-dressed stranger at { JiuZhaiGou }

TRAVEL | jiuzhaigou 九寨沟

It's happened! I can finally cross off Jiuzhaigou from that bucket list and move on with my life. Its been sitting there for the better part of a year and certain circumstances have always stood in the way of my going despite the fact that my dad lives in Cheng du--a mere 1 hour flight away from Jiuzhaigou valley.

Anyways, believe it or not, but these photos have barely been retouched. The waters were really that blue, and the trees were really that green. I mean, for the first hour or so I could barely comprehend what I was seeing--everything was so overwhelmingly beautiful and serene.

TRAVEL | tibet in china

My trip to Jiuzhaigou valley took me through the Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan, China. I've never been so far north in China before and it was interesting to observe a culture so different from my own. 

One of the funnier incidents involved my tour leader, who happens to be from Aba herself, completely shocked by the fact that I am 25 and unwed. In her village it is still common for women to marry around the age of 18 and have children by the time she turns 20. So the fact that I'm still childless in my mid-twenties was unheard of. She told me—jokingly I hope—that I should "hurry it up, before it's too late". 

Noted, Ah Mu!