today pretty eventful.
woke up early, SNOWING....all place like winter wonderland..so
beautiful..
we headed to jiu long (nine dragon)...after the 6hours of bumpy
ride...beautiful stream, greenery, rocky slopes, snow mountain,
...we really went thru the snow mountain, and kana stucked 3 times
to manouve with big trucks on tiny road, slope, push van, chain the
wheels to climb up.....(and it is snowing at the snow mountain
top)....we finally reach the checkpoint of jiu long.
the checkpoint police stopped us and called their superior for
approval. after waiting for 2 hours, we kana rejected to
enter the village....argggggghhhhhh..
but the wait was kindda nice, the policemen there offered me and
my driver to go into their shed and watch tv together, get warm
stove, even show me the big dagger they just confiscated.
(the rest of my kakis are sleeping in the van).
The head of the village and a military in charge came to greet
us after the 2 hours, very politely explained that the village is
sealed and no foreginer allowed at the moment. sian liao
lor.
they kept apologising and shook hands with me and offered us
food as they knew we came a long way. we declined nicely
and waved them goodbye.
so, another 6 hours rushed back to hotel, cos if it is
dark, we will be stranded on the road, at the snowy mountain
of 4,000m. and that is horrible..
on the way, i kept chatting with driver to keep him await,
looking out for humps and holes and cars.
Wowee!! So full of adventure! 
I feel sad for you that they refused to let you through.
Did you manage to get some good shots though?
