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We went early April. That was early spring. But, apparently autumn is the best to go with the best scenery. However, be prepared to be crowded.

That's great. They do accord penssioners certain benefits regardless of nationalities. We look forward to make more trips to other amazing places in China in the near future.

It was early to mid-April.

@@KCfaith Thanks for the info.

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Absolutely!

Absolutely, when above 3500 meters eapecially at Daocheng Yading. But, it was tolerable. Diacomfort at the back of my head, like having some hangover the next day after heavy drinking. The advice not rush and walk slowly to manage it.

@ good to hear it’s tolerable. The shops carry oxygen supplies?

Yup. Easy to find. It is good to get a tube in case you need them. Different people tolerates altitude differently. If u go Daocheng Yading, there will be a mandatory briefing at a location before reaching and oxygen, food, clothing, tonic drinks are availabe.

That place is not that crowded so anytime is good. Ample space for eveyone. But, like any other hiking areas, go on weekdays or in the afternoon if you prefer less hikers.

We were first time there so not familiar with the trails there. Our friend took us in via the Lotus pond check point and go up from the Big Tree check point. It is a very small hill, and am sure you will get aound fine. Ask other hikers whom are there.

Don't need a guide to tour the area. Signages are clear, and am sure there are a lot of resources in the internet. We engaged a local tour for 15 days visiting many places in Sichuan, therefore there is a guide and driver to fetch us around.

This is generally considered a short hike but with elevation and lots of tree roots, so got to pay attention. Bring a hiking pole or a stick. Water wise depends on individual. For me 1 liter should be good. Enjoy your hike

Thank you. It was spring when we went, so less snow. Guess we both did not get to meet milk lake.

My friend in Melbourne buys frozen musang king from some asian grocer. He said they were as good. I don't know how much he paid though.

Hi. You can ask here and if there is anything that we could share, we would.. Generally, we bought our own air ticket and arranged a private ground tour package from a tour agency from China on this 15 days trip. There was 7 of us. So, one van, with one tour guide and one driver. There are many agencies offering such tours and we signed up with Kunming Comfort Travel. Website as follow: www.kunmingcomforttravel.com/

We tried to summarize our trip in these 8 chapters in this playlist: China Sichuan Travel Road Trip: ruclips.net/p/PLS8aJtySO4H17ayhioRPQ3wB_YIRqDkNC

You are most welcome

Thanks Mel.

It was during weekend.

Take the Kelana Jaya Line LRT and stop at Dang Wangi Station, or take the KL monorail and disembark at Bukit Nanas station. Those who use the Ampang Line LRT need to disembark at Masjid Jamek LRT station.

Thanks. Not per what we planned. Milk Lake was elusive and so we made the most out of our trip by enjoying what the nature offers

@@KCfaith everything else was beautiful enough 👍 may I ask you some questions about the area? We’re planning on visiting the Daocheng and Litang area. Wanted to check if they still accept cash there or if most businesses have transited to online payment

Shops cannot turn down cash but problem is they probably don't have the exact change for you. Best to activate QR payment - either WeChat or Alipay. They are accepted almost everywhere. We visited Litang as well, one of the highest township above 4,000 meters

Hi , may I check will there be high altitude sickness ( 高原反应）？

Depends on individuals. We were ok, but we did come across a youngster succumb to AMS. Sold him my cannister of oxygen since he needed it. Advice to walk slow and do not exert oneself.

There are only two entrances into the park. Even if you can park at CBN, I believe you'll have to walk a fair bit to either one of the entrances.

Glad it was helpful

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Ha ha.. certainly round ones will hold more pulp because they would have more compartments. We learned that odd shaped durian would have less compartment and some very small compartment is empty. But, odd shaped durians have higher chance of tasting better because all the nutrients are concentrated in the smaller number of pulp.

Thanks for the tip!

So, go for rounded ones but with sharper ends to have higher chance of getting smaller seeds?

Actually, I did the observation based on your experiment.

Oh.. I don't think so la.

@@KCfaith sorry, I don't have the experience..

I think it depends on the husk weight. I realize I made a typo error in the composition percentage of the husk in first durian (a) 1.14kg although the weight captured is correct. The husk weight composition should be 68.4% instead of 64.4%. I suppose the study on these 3 durians is for some rough indication and a bigger sample will be needed to be conclusive in terms of ratios. A comment in this post from someone who has made similar observation suggested the pulp weight ratio to fruit for MK is around 25%. My observation for these 3 fruits was 23% to 24%. Quite close though.

Hmmmm.... knowledge is power. That's how the world works.

Thanks for sharing your statistical findings on the 25% of pulp on fruit weight, and the qualitative aspect of the different fruit size. This is really insightful. Is there a reliable way to choose a musang king with thin and light husk? Reason being, this area can significantly impact the weigh composition of the pulp yield like the third fruit weighing 1.4kg that we observed. The seeds were great, but husk was super heavy.

​@@KCfaith For yield, I heard "light" durian is better and having more compartments is good too (5 star vs 4 or 3 star). Choosing a durian that is light for its size and high number of compartments could yield more flesh than husk so it's better value for money. The underlying reason I believe is because durian flesh is less dense than the husk (I haven't verified this yet but a quick way to measure density is to use the a water displacement test)

@@theanalyticalcook this is true, as lighter durians of the same size tend to have smaller seeds.

Thanks for the visit

Why not compare the flesh weight to cost? That would be more precise instead of comparing the fruit yield. Just my point of view.

Thanks for the suggestion. Those fruits of different sizes were of similar grade at RM66 per kg, so whichever that have better yield per kg would be the winner. That's why we did not take the cost into consideration. But, if they were of different price points per kg, the fresh weight to cost would be relevant. For example, if smaller size durians are sold at lower price and bigger ones at higher price per kg at similar grade, then it will make sense to compare yield in cost. That's why with this observation, we think it is probably more worth while to go for smaller fruits if they are priced at lower price per kg.

@@KCfaith My mistake. I thought they were of different grades.

Selayang dekat je. Pergilah. Drone saya mavic air 2s. Dah usang.

Other than texture quality, we wanted to know the composition of the pulp in a durian variety i.e. which variety has more, hence we weighted and husks and seeds to derive the answer. MK won in this aspect.

@@KCfaith thanks

Thanks for the compliment. It's a nice area to hike.

Thank you. You can do it as well. Just take it slow.

TQ

Most welcome. Hope you enjoy your hike there.

Thanks a lot

Thank you 😊

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