Jingxi Ancient Road and Horse Hoofprints, 2021/06/30
Hiking through forest on the Jingxi Ancient Road.

Jingxi Ancient Road and Horse Hoofprints, 2021/06/30

A long walk on the Jingxi Ancient Road took us through valleys and up cliffs to the ’ancient horse hoofprints‘, and then up and around to a nearby peak—see 29 photos.

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Getting started on the hike.
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Camouflaged grasshopper.
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Into the forest.
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Camouflaged beetle.
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Mulberries were perfectly ripe.
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‘Three-million-year-old sedimentary rocks’, according to the nearby signage.
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Approaching the first of the chain-assisted climbs.
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Looking down the second of the chain-assisted climbs.
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Hiking towards an abandoned village.
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An abandoned sofa in the abandoned village.
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Only the chickens were home.
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We hiked higher up into the mountains.
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A marker with the name of this section of the ancient road (Yuhe 玉河).
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Checking out the horse hoofprints.
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We’d finish in the village below, but not before hiking up to a nearby peak.
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The firebreak road.
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The clouds in the distance got a little thundery before the hike was over.
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We stopped for a rest before hiking down to the end.
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