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We caught our bus back to the Dujiangyan Bus Station and quick got on the bus back to Chengdu. As expected, it was a short ride between the two cities since there are wide highways connecting the two. In no time, we were already back at the Chadianzi Bus Station in Chengdu. We still have an hour to spare before our bus to Jiuzhaigou leaves. So we went to grab some lunch first. We left our main luggage at the storage area of Sim Cozy Guesthouse, knowing that we would be coming back after a few days.
At 2pm our bus started to leave, we were so excited and we were looking forward to see the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟 and possibly Huanglong 黄龙 if the weather permits. Jiuzhaigou is a wonderful alpine lake studded valley in the mountains north of Sichuan with lakes with an unbelievably blue hue. Huanglong is also within the area and it is famous for its natural limestone terraces that take the form of the back of a dragon. These two sites are the primary reason why were we were here in Sichuan, or China, for that matter, in the first place.
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