Ya’an (雅安) is our transit springboard to further explore the West Sichuan. Our today’s destination is Hailuogou Glacier Park( 海螺沟冰川森林公园). We are supposed to reach Moxi Town (磨西镇) from Ya’an by noon, an approx. 300 km drive and then start up our visit to Hailuogou Glacier on the same day. Moxi Old Town is the gateway to Hailuogou Glacier and…
Situated 136 km to the southwest of Chengdu, Ya’an (雅安) is a jump-off point to further travel to Hailuogou Glacier, the West of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet since it is located at the intersection of Sichuan-Tibet Highway (G318) and Sichuan-Yunnan Expressway. Ya’an City Layout When We’ve reached the city of Ya’an driving all the way from Hanzhong (汉中) along…
After simple breakfast at our lodging hotel, at 7:30 am in the wet autumn day, we leave the cozy and green city of Hanzhong (汉中), driving through the main street and Han River Bridge in patchy fog and drizzle. Hanzhong – Guangyuan – Chengdu – Ya’an 600km Road Trip Today we spend most of our daytime driving on route, a…