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Olimpic fever
Jun 10, 2008
(53 photos)
"Lijiang is on Olympic ecstasy. You can feel it as soon as the buss enters the outskirts of town. It is poring, hailing and than poring again. It doesn't matter. The Olympic relay i ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
orizarska
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Lijiang Adventure (Summer Break)
Aug 10, 2005
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" HeyHeyanda Big G'Day toya Wednesday, 10th August 2005 After a Stella's breakfast we packed and boarded the bus to Lijiang. Though it was a beautiful drive there I was in mixed emo ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
eddakath
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Day 47
Oct 31, 2006
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"At 6.30am our train began to wake up and so did we. The conductor came and gave us back our tickets in return for the credit card things she'd given us the night before - a practic ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
poolman99
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Buying a crane
Mar 11, 2007
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"Today I brought a crane. No, not the heavy-duty, hydraulic, mechanical kind found all over China, thin yellow giants building the New China. No, instead I got a crane of the feathe ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
happysheep
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Lijiang
Jun 27, 2006
(34 photos)
"We took a 3 hour bus ride from Dali to Lijiang. We would go up another several hundred meters in elevation along the route. It was a scenic bus ride passing through mountains and v ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
audreyandjack
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What an incredible smell you've discovered!
May 14, 2006
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"The train arrived at Panzhihua/Jinjiang (has two names simply to confuse weary backpackers I'm sure) just before dawn with the three of us shuffling off the train still half asleep ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
alasdairm
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Lijiang
Apr 27, 2006
(10 photos)
"Lijiang is beautiful, and rates up there with Huangshan Mountain (Yellow Mountain) as being the most beautiful and satisfying locations I've been to here in China. The group is sta ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
shanewilson
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Hordes of Tourists
Aug 8, 2007
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"Recently Updated and written far better than the crap that I posted here before. 9/20/07 Arriving in Lijiang can be a bit confusing. There are at least 3 bus stations and no one ev ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
rcys
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Lijiang: Centre of the Naxi culture
Sep 20, 2006
(10 photos)
"Yet again, another stepping stone on the way to Tiger Leaping Gorge, but worth the visit. The Old Town is made up of traditional style Chinese architecture and is very quirky with ..."
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roadtrip
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UNESCO World Heritage site - Lijiang
May 24, 2006
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"This is our third day in beautiful Lijiang. We took a mid morning bus from Dali and wound our way up the mountains to this small pleasant city. The Old Town - which if you come her ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
alinmattrtw2005
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My poor aching feet
Oct 30, 2005
"After a relatively good nights sleep we woke pretty early but didn't end up leaving the guesthouse until about 9:30. Far later than I expected if we were to get to Lijiang by the e ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
rbisset
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Beyond the postcard picture...
May 22, 2006
"Lijiang is one of those places that takes the breath away. The old city is a maze of little old fashioned wood and clay houses, shops, and restaurants with tiled roofs. As we walke ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
bootsmade4wlkin
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Lovely Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge
Jul 3, 2005
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"Lijiang: We'd been told about Mama's guesthouse by a couple of other travellers...told about this eden for backpackers, but not where abouts Mama's was. Lijiang is filled with litt ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
mhaebich
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Lijiang, Dr. Ho and Jade Dragon Mountains
Jan 24, 2005
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"Lijiang marks the first of quite a few World Heritage sites that we plan on visiting during our vacation. The city is like a time capsule of what I always imagined an ancient Chine ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
luolan
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Full Moon Over Lijiang (The Universal Fly Dance)
May 23, 2005
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"When not seeking food, a fly dances alone, slowly, then quickly, heading elsewhere. When flies meet, they encircle one another before dancing in separate directions. This dancing i ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
lraleigh
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China
Apr 3, 2006
"I talk about it later. OK, eventually. ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
paul
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Kunming, Dali and Lijiang
Oct 30, 2004
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"Written by Nelly Progress Update Since the last entry, we've been to Kunming, Dali and arrived Lijiang today. We are leaving Lijiang for Qiaotou tomorrow morning to start our hike ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
jessnel
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God is dead, this is a grasshopper
Apr 24, 2005
(18 photos)
"I'm back in China alright. I write this as I sit in a dimly-lit, 25cents/hr, net-bar in Lijiang, acrid smoke from cheap cigarettes burning my eyes, and people singing aloud and ver ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
chris-marianne
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Land of the Naxi
Sep 30, 2004
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"The old town of Lijiang is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and I very much enjoyed exploring this little place. The day I arrived in Lijiang was the first day I have felt healthy in 8 ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
barrettbingley
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Tiger Flying Jumping Leaping Gorge
Apr 19, 2006
(15 photos)
"The journey from Chengdu was typical China - can't they make this country any smaller??? We took an overnight train and then 14hours later, half-asleep, emerged into another city w ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
worldofbintang
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
Mar 19, 2004
(6 photos)
"Everything we'd read about Lijiang was promising; our favorite guidebook author, the fabulous Mark Elliott, wrote that it was his favorite city in China. High praise from the guy w ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
sarah
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Lijiang-Tiger-Leaping-Gorge and Dali-arama
Nov 14, 2003
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"Factoid of the day: Tiger Leaping Gorge is 16km long and 3900m from water to summit - that was one fit tiger, much fitter than us anyway.... Abstract:Leave Kunming on (late) hard s ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
grahamandrach
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Dali and Lijiang or
Mar 14, 2004
"After our "fun" night on the "sleeper" bus to New Dali we needed to catch a cab to Old Dali. We were lucky enough to share a "taxi" with some other westerners to get there. They al ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
philthy
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Ultimate Frisbee on Snow Dragon Mountain
Mar 24, 2006
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"Today we had a free day in Lijiang. We all met Eric for breakfast and walked round to the local market. We wound our way round the little streets - I was completely lost by the tim ..."
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hils
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Battling the National Week crowds in Lijiang
Oct 3, 2003
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"Chinese National Day is on October 1, and extends into a week of holidays and travelling for Chinese people. Lijiang in particular appeared to be a very popular destination for loc ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
lizandsteve
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We need a guide book!
Mar 16, 2006
(9 photos)
"Our bus ride today was only going to take 3 hours... fingers crossed, and it was on a nice flat road. We travelled alongside Erhai Lake and then round a few hills until we could se ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
escapefromuk
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Lijiang-World cultural heritage site
May 9, 2008
(5 photos)
"From Dali to Lijiang it takes 31/2 hours (173km) by coach.When I see Lijiang, it's like 'love at first sight", the place is so beautiful, difficult to describe it in words.I ..."
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tom-of-boracay
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Lijiang
May 16, 2007
"We made our way to China yesterday. It's extremely different than Hong Kong. I think I'm going to need a lung transplant when I get back from here - you can smoke anywhere. As soon ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
jenk
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Tiger Leaping Gorge und meine Zukunft!
Mar 1, 2008
(4 photos)
"Hoi. Die letzten zwei Tage war ich in der Tiger Leaping Gorge wandern. Die Schlucht ist sehr schoen, da man beim Laufen staendig einen Blick auf die umliegenden 5000er hat. Die Sch ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
benniunterwegs
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Christmas in Lijiang
Mar 23, 2007
(16 photos)
"Christmas in Lijiang I had the great pleasure of spending my birthday, Christmas Eve and Christmas day, with Sandi in the beautiful old town of Lijiang, Dayan in the Yunnan ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
dearl
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Lijiang
May 25, 2005
(5 photos)
"Lijiang Prefecture and the town of Lijiang is home mainly to the Naxi peoples, there are a few peoples from Tibet, but these mainly tend to live higher up on the plateau near Zhong ..."
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yunnan_concern
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The Gringos with the Lingo Hit Lijiang
Jul 4, 2008
"greetings from lijiang, the chilled out pushkar of southern china. im sitting in an interweb terminal in the courtyard of our beautiful hotel in lijiang, right in the middle ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
nikkiviper
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Another "old town"
Aug 10, 2007
(41 photos)
"Lijiang is another "old town," that is, a little town with the old style architecture re-built with millions of shops and restaurants to create a tourist town. We thought this one ..."
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sarichka10
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Arrival at Mama Naxi's
Oct 22, 2006
"After spending four nights in Dali it was time to move on. Plans to get the early bus fell out of the window and I ended up getting the 2:30 bus. The conductress was dressed up in ..."
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chris74
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Lijiang
Nov 11, 2007
(4 photos)
"Lijing was really pretty but not much to offer expected shopping for souvenirs. Which I would have loved to have done but is a bit of a problem when everything you buy has to go in ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
johnhart
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Tiger Leaping Gorgeous
Aug 11, 2006
(10 photos)
"So, we had a taste of the outdoors from Dali and so it was that we headed for Lijiang which is a base for lots of fun in the mountains. High on Jen Ab's and my list of "must do" wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
joandpaul
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China's Yunnan Province
Apr 21, 2005
"Kunming, China Apr 21, 2005 I'm dazed and confused but I'm safely in China. Kunming, China to be exact. It all started with a rather funny site at the Kunming airport. After fillin ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
jensjourney
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You try, you try, die die die!
Jul 10, 2006
(10 photos)
"The train rides in China are such a treat and ours to Dali was no exception. The Chinese are all so friendly and they all want to know you and speak to you and as the only white pe ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
simon.f
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Storybook China
Jun 18, 2006
"VIEW LIJIANG PHOTOS Imagine the China of storybooks with cobblestone streets dimly lit with hanging lanterns, endless storefronts with gracefully upturned rooflines, and small ston ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
altaiojok
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Old Town Lijiang
Sep 4, 2007
(18 photos)
"We arrived in Lijiang in the rain and headed to the Old town. It took us a while to try and find the guesthouse where we wanted to stay because all the little streets we ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
kymtam
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Lijiang
Jun 10, 2008
(28 photos)
"Lijiang - the Disneyland for Chinese! no its not really a theme park but Lijiang old town really feels like set up for tourists. You get the same feeling as in Venice - everything ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
sabineontour
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Lijiang, le pays des Naxi
Aug 26, 2007
(30 photos)
"Resume des episodes precedents : vendredi nous avons pris le bus pour Lijiang, plus loin dans les montagnes du Yunnan, et c'est une ville quivaut le deplacement. La vieille ville e ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
southernfry
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Tiger Sogged Gorge
Oct 17, 2007
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"so it's been raining cats and dogs in the nw part of the yunnan province where we are. Funny, it's supposed to be the dry season. But with a little luck and global climates being w ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
boatubia
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Lijiang...
Nov 10, 2007
(2 photos)
"After sitting in a boat on a beautiful lake all day, chilling out with chineese people and trying to keep warm, we moved on to Lijiang. People told us that this small city was very ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
lisa.wengel
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
Feb 22, 2008
(16 photos)
"20.2. - 22.2.08 Tiger Leaping Gorge, Quitou, China. Voihan jumpe sentaan. Tiger Leaping Gorge on trekattu eika kenenkaan polvi edes sanonut poks! Ei edes siina vaiheessa kun ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
ilari
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Lijiang, Mama and Dr. Ho
Apr 13, 2006
(24 photos)
"After a four hour bumpy bus ride from Dali we arrived in Lijiang. On trying to exit the bus station at the front, we got whistled at by a guard motioning that we needed to exit fro ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
glenn_christie
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Picture Perfect Lijiang
Dec 2, 2007
(26 photos)
"The landscape changed as our bus drove into the Yunnan province in southwest China. Mountains and hills full of red dirt dominated the scene. We saw our first rice paddies and, on ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
vagabonderz
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Tiger leaping gorge
Mar 12, 2007
(18 photos)
"We just got back to Kunming. We took a 12 hours sleeper bus from Lijiang last night. The bed in the bus were about 6 inches too narrow and 10 inches too short for me. The seal of t ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
vachon_88
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Cross-country China
Aug 29, 2006
"Hey everyone! We're only 2 days into our tour, but it feels like we've been here forever! Let me back up...I got to China last Sunday, and my first two impressions were: 1. how HUM ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
voyageuse
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Theme Parks and Glaciers
Aug 3, 2005
(19 photos)
"To travel to Lijiang from Kunming, I'd opted to take the night bus. Not having used one before, I was curious and my initial impression was that I'd climbed into an army medical tr ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
robjstaples
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Yunnan Province
Jun 8, 2005
(9 photos)
"Yunnan province is simply beautiful. We flew there from Tianjin with special half price student tickets in the New year holidays. The capital, Kunming is bright and refreshing. We' ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
weixiao
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tiger . leaping . gorge.
Jan 27, 2007
(33 photos)
"We took a bus from Chengdu to Lijiang. The ride was made up of 25 hours, 3 different bus drivers, 1 bottle of whiskey, 2 packs of Chips Ahoy!, 3 Jet Li films, ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
hansen.eric
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Lijang
Sep 19, 2007
(25 photos)
"19/9 - Andrew We arrive late afternoon and enter the labrinynth that is the old town of Lijang with a rough idea of where we are heading to. The bible says that you should ex ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
helenpretious
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spring travel and summer update
Jun 25, 2006
(1 photo)
"Hello again friends and family, Okay - I'll admit it. I'm a lazy correspondent! I meant to update much sooner and just never got around to it. But, to continue where I left off las ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
heatherandcarl
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Mama Naxi's
Feb 5, 2007
"After a restless journey on the overnight sleeper bus, we arrive in Lijiang, still in the early morning. It's cold, much colder than we had anticipated. Armed with Mama Naxi's busi ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
rikkitikkitaavi
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Lijiang/Tiger Leaping Gorge
Jun 30, 2005
(5 photos)
"Lijiang This is an old Naxi village?B The old part?C or Ancient?C part of the town is fairly authentic?C but I don?ft think the Naxi usually sold that many souvenirs?B The town is ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
jc
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12 hours late but we made it.
Jun 29, 2007
"Well hello, Before I get into this entry I haven't heard from the Dougster in a while, so to Dougie, how are things mate? We are now in the province of Yunnan at a nice little town ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
beckandbill
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Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge
Apr 13, 2008
(1 photo)
"Well, first impressions of China? Good. - The people are really friendly and keen to help you despite the language barrier. - I have not really felt anyone ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
simonmain1
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Lijiang
Oct 23, 2007
"We arrive in Kunming at 7.30 - 2 hours later than planned after our bus broke down twice on the way there. We rang the guesthouse, Mama Naxis, that we have the number for and ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
hibbs
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**western china** we left beijing on the ...
Jul 22, 2002
(20 photos)
"**Western China** We left Beijing on the most luxurious overnight train trip so far. In China, the trains are divided into various classes: hard seat, hard sleeper and soft sleeper ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
nat_yeo
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Lijiang - Old town and Himalayas
Apr 15, 2008
"Well - sorry the delay in writing this - Internet cafes do not really exist here in China....this entry is back dated 2 days.... Lijiang - stayed in the old town - a partially rest ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
sergemichael
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Lijiang
May 23, 2006
(14 photos)
"The Disneyland restored city of Lijiang ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
valach
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Yunnan: LiJiang, Dali, Kunming
Feb 16, 2008
"So the city of Lijiang is by far my least favorite, it's really tourist, Chiense tourist, so the food is bad and the clothes are overpriced. Nevertheless I did have an awesome acti ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
justjonas
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The road to the Gorge
Apr 25, 2008
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mericanomad
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Lost in Lijiang
Feb 11, 2007
"We arrived in Lijiang to sunshine and a very friendly atmosphere. After working out where we were on the map - thanks to the friendly Chinese touts who are more than willing to hel ..."
A travel blog entry from Lijiang by
richandvic
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Mama Naixa
Mar 23, 2007
(16 photos)
"Lijiang is another reconstructed tourist town although in fairness a lot of it had to be reconstructed after an earthquake. The majority of the people in this region aren`t Han Chi ..."
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polomuiriu
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