https://globalpossibility.com/fragments-of-a-mind/2018-08-15T09:34:40+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/website-introduction/2018-08-15T09:04:14+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/travelling-light-journeys-through-the-middle-kingdom-and-the-land-of-oz/https://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/c5c431b7-f0bc-4f49-9809-03d99a51edea.pngC5C431B7-F0BC-4F49-9809-03D99A51EDEAThe Sichuan Basin is clearly visible in this wider view. You can also clearly see that the mountains that begin immediately to the west of Chengdu are part of the geological crush where the earth impacts the highland of the Tibetan Plateau. https://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/68bd6518-94ef-42fe-b8a7-3dd20e58edec.jpeg68BD6518-94EF-42FE-B8A7-3DD20E58EDECRed arrow points to Qingcheng Houshan. The band between the green lines is peppered with places to visit for a day trip from Chengdu. The the west, as the snow on the peaks suggests in this Google Map, the mountains become higher and more rugged. The stream in the pictures below flows southwest onto the plain and then south to join another and another before passing through Chongzhou. Just to the north is the much larger river which flows through DujiangYan. More on that in my next post.https://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/856e1e05-04b6-49fa-b15c-3a74900b501b.png856E1E05-04B6-49FA-B15C-3A74900B501Bhttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a52d3f8c-bd62-487d-a132-d229bad05fd0.jpegA52D3F8C-BD62-487D-A132-D229BAD05FD0Lush mountain forestshttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/27341120-a87b-4d40-ace5-82b8dc5d0ec9.jpeg27341120-A87B-4D40-ACE5-82B8DC5D0EC9The entrance to Qingcheng Houshan Parkhttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/545c08f4-f357-4acd-8b23-4a2e1f7db024.jpeg545C08F4-F357-4ACD-8B23-4A2E1F7DB024There’s something captivating about mountain streamshttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/47db33f9-f1c3-4092-99b4-3f1f03ea069a.jpeg47DB33F9-F1C3-4092-99B4-3F1F03EA069ARunning water - the colour and clarity remind me of the sea I grew up playing in back in Ozhttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/8e7eeadd-63b9-4109-8754-837cddf94e8b.jpeg8E7EEADD-63B9-4109-8754-837CDDF94E8BViews from the car windowhttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a9fedf4a-51b3-445b-b8af-b3353e8e9131.jpegA9FEDF4A-51B3-445B-B8AF-B3353E8E9131The scenery made the constant stop start of traffic congestion bearablehttps://globalpossibility.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/b174ada5-17e1-49b3-803e-d05b15d4c044.jpegB174ADA5-17E1-49B3-803E-D05B15D4C044Running water could be heard and often glimpsed in the last few kilometres of the trip to Qingcheng Houshan2018-08-13T04:21:59+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/2018/08/12/more-on-a-single-story/2018-08-13T02:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://globalpossibility.com/2018/08/10/above-all-human/2018-08-11T15:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://globalpossibility.com/the-journey-begins/2018-08-10T06:34:21+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/2018/08/07/the-danger-of-a-single-story/2018-08-10T03:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://globalpossibility.com/2018/08/07/stories-theyre-important/2018-08-10T02:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://globalpossibility.com/stories-theyre-important-2/2018-08-07T10:51:47+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/stories-theyre-important/2018-08-07T10:39:40+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/open-secret/2018-08-07T10:10:47+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.com/2018/07/20/a-musing/2018-08-04T08:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://globalpossibility.com/contact/2018-07-17T07:10:37+00:00weekly0.6https://globalpossibility.comdaily1.02018-08-15T09:34:40+00:00