Sichuan's Newest Tourist Attraction
Posted by Metabetable at 6/25/2008 1:23 PM and is filed under Personal,Travel,China News,Sichuan Earthquake 
This is an interesting way to deal with the problems Sichuan's massive earthquake caused last month.
From The Assoiated Press:
BEIJING (AP) — China plans to turn a huge lake formed from the Sichuan earthquake disaster into a tourist destination, a state news agency reported Tuesday.Creating a new tourist destination at the site of a major catastrophe is a pretty thoughtful way to revitalize the area. Lord knows that the area could use as much outside money as possible.
I'm beginning to think that I'd like to try to make it down to the eartquake zone this fall. I'm going to have two weeks of vacation time at my job. Unfortunately, Jackie, being a Chinese employee of my school, has zero vacation time to spend other than China's national holidays (this is typical for the kind of job Jackie has).
Because I won't be able to travel with Jackie on this one, I'm thinking of taking a more "off the beaten path" kind of trip that she would never want to do with me anyways.
I'd like to finally making it over to the mountainous areas of southwestern Gansu and northern Sichuan Province. I've been wanting to go to this region for sometime, but for a number of reasons just haven't made it. I'm thinking about taking my holiday just after the October 1 holiday which would give me another week on top of my two week vacation time.
The places I'm most intersted in hitting on this vacation are right on the border of Gansu and Sichuan, just a night train west of Xi'an and Shaanxi.
Specifically, I'd like to see:
The Labrang Tibetan Monestary in Xiahe
Langmusi in Sichuan near Gansu. How insane would it be to see a sky burial here?
And then from Langmusi, I'd like to work my way down to Chengdu through the earthquake zones (if possible).
We'll see if this actually happens. It is a long ways off and I'm only brainstorming it right now. I'm excited about the prospects of the trip though.
From The Assoiated Press:
BEIJING (AP) — China plans to turn a huge lake formed from the Sichuan earthquake disaster into a tourist destination, a state news agency reported Tuesday.
Scientists are assessing how to best develop Tangjiashan lake into a scenic spot, Chen Xingchun, secretary-general of the Communist Party Committee of Mianyang city, was quoted as saying by Xinhua News Agency.
The government will also rebuild Beichuan county — just downstream from the newly formed lake — in a new location because the county seat was devastated by the temblor, Chen said. No decision has been made on where to rebuild.
Chen said the development of Tangjiashan lake into a scenic spot would be "an important part of rebuilding Beichuan county."
Beichuan and its surrounding areas, with feature lush bamboo forests, panda reserves and diverse ethnic minorities, have traditionally been popular tourist destinations.
I'm beginning to think that I'd like to try to make it down to the eartquake zone this fall. I'm going to have two weeks of vacation time at my job. Unfortunately, Jackie, being a Chinese employee of my school, has zero vacation time to spend other than China's national holidays (this is typical for the kind of job Jackie has).
Because I won't be able to travel with Jackie on this one, I'm thinking of taking a more "off the beaten path" kind of trip that she would never want to do with me anyways.
I'd like to finally making it over to the mountainous areas of southwestern Gansu and northern Sichuan Province. I've been wanting to go to this region for sometime, but for a number of reasons just haven't made it. I'm thinking about taking my holiday just after the October 1 holiday which would give me another week on top of my two week vacation time.
The places I'm most intersted in hitting on this vacation are right on the border of Gansu and Sichuan, just a night train west of Xi'an and Shaanxi.
Specifically, I'd like to see:
The Labrang Tibetan Monestary in Xiahe
Langmusi in Sichuan near Gansu. How insane would it be to see a sky burial here?
And then from Langmusi, I'd like to work my way down to Chengdu through the earthquake zones (if possible).
We'll see if this actually happens. It is a long ways off and I'm only brainstorming it right now. I'm excited about the prospects of the trip though.
I hope mom and dad don't see that you plan an "off the beaten path" trip to the region that had an 8 earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks.
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