{"id":3709,"date":"2013-10-15T07:15:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T07:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2013-10-15T07:15:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T07:15:04","slug":"day-eight-biking-around-qinghai-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=3709","title":{"rendered":"Day Eight- Biking around Qinghai Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Qinghai Lake is the natural treasure of Qinghai province.\u00a0 People say that Qinghai province looks like a rabbit with Qinghai Lake being the eye.\u00a0 It is truly a natural wonder! It is six times the size of Signapore and surrounded by snow-covered mountains, smaller mountains, AND sand dunes.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen water this blue before!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really have anything to say because the view made me speechless.\u00a0 We took a 20 mile bike ride around the lake and I couldn&#8217;t believe the sight I was seeing.\u00a0 The pictures just can&#8217;t do it justice!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf08051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1083\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf08051.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting ready for the long bike ride ahead!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0804.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1085\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0804.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1089\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0806.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0814.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1092\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0814.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped half way through the ride to eat lunch. Unbeknownst to me, we were going to eat in an abandoned Temple.\u00a0 We walked down this long forgotten path to find&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0819.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1099\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0819.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this! Isn&#8217;t it a beauty! We spread out our picnic lunch and feasted!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0822.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1101\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0822.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was wondering around the land and stumbled upon some autumn trees.\u00a0 I had a little fun playing with the angles and light \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0838.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1105\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0838.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0849.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1107\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0849.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch it was back to biking!\u00a0 We had to make it to our final destination which was the lake side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0854.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1110\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0854.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0873.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1113\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0873.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0868.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1116\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0868.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if there are many places in the world where you can see large and small mountains, sand dunes, and a beautiful lake.\u00a0 I feel very lucky to get the chance to see it in person! Maybe one day you can too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qinghai Lake is the natural treasure of Qinghai province.\u00a0 People say that Qinghai province looks like a rabbit with Qinghai Lake being the eye.\u00a0 It is truly a natural wonder! It is six times the size of Signapore and surrounded by snow-covered mountains, smaller mountains, AND sand dunes.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen water this blue before! 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