March | 2012 | Winkyle's Xanga Site

Danba (丹巴）is famous for 2 things:

1. Pretty girls, so it was also called beauty valley.
2. The Tibetan settlement with their special towers (Blockhouse).

Danba is stunning during Autumn. The colourful trees were around those towers, the sky was blue, yellow corns were hanged outside houses and everything was in their own harmony of beauty.

It took around 3 hours to drive from Rilong town to Danba and the road was very rough.

We stopped at some small spots in the mid-way time to time.

We arrived at our first destination: Zhonglu Zangzhai (中路藏寨）.

We had our lunch in the Tibetan house

After lunch, we got some free time to explore the valley. It was breathtaking.

I climbed up to this tower.

The family lived under the tower

View from the top

After climbing up the tower, I started to walk around the valley and…….I got lost.

I was totally lost in Zhonglu Zangzhai (中路藏寨）because all trees, houses and towers looked the same. I could not even ask the locals as I did not know the name of the house I had lunch at. So, finally I took my camera out and showed them the photos I took as it indicated which road did I come from. They recognize the tower I climbed and brought me back there (disappointing as he asked me for money later). I was already late, so some of my co-workers went to look for me. I felt so sorry to them.

However, I was happy that I could think of showing the locals my photos to find my way back. haha!

We passed Danba downtown on the way to Jiaju zangzhai (甲居藏寨). People had very interesting hair accessories in the town.

Our second destination: Jiaju zangzhai (甲居藏寨).

It was getting dark when we arrived at Jiaju, so we rushed to take some photos before the sunset.

This photo is a bit dark, so it could not show how beautiful it was. The colourful trees in the front actually looked like a very gentle ocean. When the wind blew, the trees slowly moved as waves. It was amazing.