China

Magnificent Places

in China

1. Zhangye Danxia, China

These colorful rock formations are located in Zhangye Danxia, in Gansu Province, China. They are the result of sediment deposition layers of different colors for 24 million years between two tectonic plates, with the help of erosion created these colorful landscapes. I suspect photographers of abusing some saturation when they take these pictures, but even by imagining the dullest these landscapes are magical.

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2. Tianzi Mountains, China

Zhangjiajie is a West National Park in Hunan Province in China. This is part of the Wulingyuan region, which also includes the mountainous reserve Tianzishan and Suoxi Valley (your wishes). The site covers a total area of more than 260km². The part that interests us, Zhangjiajie, covers 13 square kilometers covered with rivers, caves, waterfalls, but is best known for the forest of hundreds of karst peaks emerging from a subtropical forest and create a unique landscape.

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3. Li River, China

Li River in Guilin is a tributary of the Xijiang River in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The length of the river is 437 km before emptying into the Xijiang River in Wuzhou. This river runs through the cities of Guilin and Yangshuo and winds through a landscape that inspired Chinese artists for over a thousand years. The engraving of the 20 yuan ticket reproduces.

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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

       Frozen in the depths of winter, the world’s largest saltwater lake is transformed in to a giant, sky-reflecting mirror during rainy season.

     Salar De Uyuni salt flat with an area of 10,582 sq.km and is located at a height of 11,995 feet above sea level. Salar means salt in spanish and Uyuni is the name of the city in the southwest of Bolivia which serves as the gateway to the salt flats. During the rainy season, a thin layer of water settles on the surface of the salt flats thus producing a mirror image of the sky above.

Geology

     The salt flats are a result of the gradual transformation of a giant prehistoric lake that existed about 40,000 years ago. The crust  is a composed of a mixture of salt and other minerals such as potassium, magnesium and lithium, with approximately 50% of the world’s lithium reserves coming from this place. Lithium is used in almost everything from medicine, to batteries, ceramics, rocket propellants, nuclear weapons and in the polymer industry.

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Animals

       The Salar has a number of animals such as the Andean goose, Andean hillstar, Culpeo, Horned coot, Bolivian vizacha and during the month of november  even pink flamingos can be seen.

Flamingos seen here in the day time is most common during the month of November.

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Vegetation

      The only vegetation seen on the salt flats are giant cacti, certain shrubs and quinoa plants.

Best Time To Visit

     There are basically two seasons during which you can visit Salar De Uyuni, the dry season and the wet season.

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Wet Season

     If you would like to catch the mirror effect in which the sky is reflected off the surface of the salt flat, then you should visit the salar during the wet season.  The wet season extends from December to around the second week of April with January receiving the most amount of rainfall. In the other months during the rainy season, the number of days of rainfall is less than 5 per month.

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Dry Season

   During the dry season which extends from mid April to November, the mirror effect is not visible but the salt flats still look incredible. Also, the salt flats are easier to navigate during this season thus enabling you to visit all the attractions in the area such as the Incahuasi Island, Tunupa Volcano, Train Cemetary, Laguna Colorado, Laguna Verde, Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, Palacio De Sal and many more.

Altitude SIckness

       Altitude sickness does seem to be a problem for a number of travelers, so you might want to get acclimatized first. Coca leaf tea is also said to be helpful in dealing with altitude sickness.

Camping

      If you would like to camp, there are some decent camping sites such as the Isla Del Pescado and Jiriri. It is a good idea not to camp on the Salar though as at night time drivers might be drunk and things could get dangerous.

Tours

    There are a number of tour operators and most people would recommend Red Planet which is generally regarded as the preferred tour operator to go along with but they are also the most expensive. Other popular operators include Brisa Tours, Quechua Connections, Blue Line Tours and Your Travel. A 3 day/2 night  tour might cost you around 800 bs per head for a 6 person group or 1000 bs per head for a 4 person group.

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Getting There

Plane

         Flights are available from La Paz To Uyuni.

By Bus

        Buses are available from La Paz, Oruro and Potosi.

By Train

        Trains are available from Oruro and Villazon.

Self Drive

        You also have the option to rent a car from La Paz and self drive but that
        can be a bit dangerous and road signs may not be clearly visible.

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Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA

In the Navajo desert of Arizona, Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon made up of stunning cracks and corkscrews, creating a wonderful light show. A must see for any amateur photographer or Instagram addict.

Antelope Canyon is located near Page on Navajo Nation land, just outside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and close to AZ 98 a few miles east of town (at milepost 299). Antelope is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest.

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Partly because it is easily accessible and by far the most publicized, and also since it is extremely beautiful, with just the right combination of depth, width, length, rock color and ambient light; many other slot canyons are deeper, narrower or longer, and some have rock that is even more colorful and sculptured, but here conditions are ideal.

Permit :

        To visit either part of Antelope Canyon is expensive. There is a fee of $6 for a standard permit required to enter Navajo territory, and an additional charge is due to the families who own the land around the canyons and regulate all access the cheapest is currently (2015) $25 for the either the popular upper section or the longer lower canyon. 

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         This is the cost to travel to the canyons in a Navajo jeep, organized tours with a guide cost rather more, as do peak time visits (departing 10 am to midday). For the upper canyon the fee is paid to officials at the side of AZ 98 near the start of the track, and is now apparently only good for 2 hours, with longer visits costing an extra $5 per hour. The fee to enter the lower section is collected by attendants at the car park near the canyon edge. These amounts will doubtless increase as the Navajo continue to exploit the popularity of the canyon.

        Beautiful but commercialized slot canyon, visited by hundreds of people on a typical day in summer. Two sections are open to visitors, the 600 foot long upper narrows, south of AZ 98, and the deeper lower narrows to the north.

Length: 

600 feet (upper canyon, to which visitors are driven in 4WD vehicles), 0.5 miles (lower canyon)

Difficulty:

Easy, ladders and railings are installed in the lower canyon

Management:

Navajo Nation

Rocks:

Navajo sandstone

Season:

All year

Trail head:

Parking areas south and north of AZ.

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 Location :

The seasonal stream of Antelope Creek flows into Lake Powell 3 miles east of Page in far north Arizona. Most of the watercourse is wide and sandy, but it forms two sections of slot canyon near the lake (Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon), separated by several miles of flat desert terrain. Both may be approached from AZ 98, the upper canyon (also known as Corkscrew Canyon) is reached at the end of a very sandy 2 mile 4WD track south of the road beginning near milepost 299, and it is this part which is usually visited. Lower Antelope Canyon extends between AZ 98 and the lake, and is reached by a short track northwards leading to a parking area from where the escorted tours depart.

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