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Travel Blogs from Lijiang Old Town, China
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En tur gjennom ”Tiger-hoppe-juvet”.
... juv, og de høyeste punktene på hver side er på hele 5600 og 5400 meter over havet. De aller fleste vestlige turister i Lijiang tar også turen til Tiger Leaping Gorge, og på Mama Naxi's traff jeg på et eldre Australsk par som nettopp hadde ...
Lijiang
Gerard: Lijiang is touted as one of China's premier heritage areas and has a World Heritage designation to prove it. Undoubtedly the town is beautiful, with the distinctive architecture of the region on show, but it is not very authentically 'ancient'. In ...
In need of mending
... 1996 earthquake and resulting reconstruction emphasised low-rise single-family dwellings of traditional style, eventually culminating in the old town receiving UNESCO World Heritage status, and the resulting tourism boom which now threatens to turn the ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge - We did it
... not just the scenery but also the Naxi people who live along the banks of the Yangtze River. Rather than catch the bus which left Lijiang later than we wanted we hired our own mini-van and checked out of the hostel at 7.00am. I won't mention what I ...
Ravines, Rapids, Ladders and Earthworks.
... Mostly not looking down! Tina's was reached with relief. Our driver arrived on time, for the trip back to Lijiang however he hadn't counted on the roadworks and rockfalls across the road, not to mention the fact that the road construction ...
Is this Disney for Chinese Tourists?
Lijiang Old Town has two YHA hostels, which is confusing, especially if you find your way through the maze of streets in Lijiang Old Town only to find yourself at the wrong one. Which Ella and Sonja did after they decided to return earlier than the ...
Picturesque valley Naxi - vallée Naxi picaresque
... to take some bikes to visit this nice valley's little villages... But we got lost in the streets of this wonderful city of Lijiang ! Actually it looks sooo much nicer in the morning, when all the shops are close and no Chinese tourists in the streets.. ...
from Shaxi to Lijiang - de Shaxi a Lijiang
... notre ami de la veille, Wang-Lee (le gars qui nous a payé le repas) saute dans le van. Nous continuerons jusqu'à Lijiang à ses côtés. «Nous avons un prédestiné à se rencontrer, sans aucune planification, nous trouvons les uns les autres" nous ...
Ancient Town & Street Market
Outside the upper gates of Lion Hill we began our descent back down, this time through the streets of an ancient town. The streets were busy with people selling their goods. Our presence was noticed and one man was especially intrigued by my ...
Oooops!! Wrong Place Luckily!!
... set off in didn’t quite feel right and neither did the place where he dropped us off. Sure enough he had dropped us at Lijiang old town, figuring that was where all the tourists wanted to go. We showed the card to the guys on the gate and they shook ...
Back in Lijiang for a couple of days
... , Dave and Katie caught their train back to Kunming to see some rice terraces, we spent the evening walking around Lijiang's old town and sampling the local delicacies – or bizarrarities... Louise was heading to Tibet too, but as she was spending a ...
Israelijiang
... I have been the old town was my target location but there is a throbbing leviathan of a new town next door feeding the thirsty old town the imitation Tibetan gifts, Chinese robes and beer that the tourists buy up on mass. So as an introduction this may ...
Day 4 Lijiang
... to the 'Looking at the Past Pavilion', a relatively newly constructed pagoda perched on top of a hill looking over the rooftops of Lijiang. The pagoda was four storeys high and although it didn't serve as much religious wise it did house three floors of ...
A Visit to Lion Hill
... playing hypnotic music under the cool shade of a pagoda. Lion his can be entered at the bottom, but once you get to the top, there is another exit gate that leads you through an acient town full of street vendors ... another step back in ...
For One Night Only
I stopped off here enroute further north but found only 1 night available at Panba and met a cool group to hike Tiger Leaping Gorge with, so thats exactly what I ...
Magnifique Ville Ancienne
... , il y a deja de la neige sur les sommets , il y fait tres froid (je n'est plus beaucoup d'habits pour l hivers .... Lijiang , une petite ville ma foie tres jolie , vraiment typique de se que l'on peut s imaginé de la chine , une atmosphere de ...
Day 3 Lijiang
... of elderly men playing Mah Jong, a few pagodas and lots of blooming trees and flowers. In the afternoon we wandered around the old town some more, finding a vantage point to see the roof tops and to see our first cherry blossom (which made Edana very ...
A walk on the wild side
... , especially when all the buckets were flying around on the floor in every curve. We finally arrived in Lijiang and stayed in the huge old town which consists of a maze of windling narrow alleys and beautiful houses. Unfortunately, it was also quite ...
Lijiang Old Town China
We stayed in Lijiang Old Town China. This place is beautiful and a blast. Their are no cars, motor scooters or bicycles allowed on the sidewalks and there are no streets. It is completely a walking town, made up of cobblestone sidewalks ...
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