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Lijiang Slideshow
Lijiang
Travel Blogs from Lijiang, China
Tiger Leaping Gorge – 2dniowy trekking
Zakwaterowalismy sie w Jane's GH, ktora po dlugich negocjacjach spuscila nam z ceny i zamiast 80Y zaplacilismy 60Y. Troche sie zmartwila jak uslyszala, ze w dodatku nic nie bedziemy u niej jedli, bo teraz jestesmy juz po obiedzie, rano bedziemy ruszali ...
The Gringos with the Lingo Hit Lijiang
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 of the old town. its been lashing rain for the last 2 hours or so, my ...
A contemplative day
Today, the realities of travelling solo really hit home. Woke up in a highly reflective mood, considering the past week or two and what lays ahead. The crew looks like we'll be parting ways and if I'm honest, I'm feeling suprisingly low about it. In ...
Team Tiger Grabs the Tiger by the Tail
... 28 bends and not worth it at all". Right decision. So we toasted making it though the Gorge hike -- Sonia and I headed back to Lijiang while the others decided to spend one more night. A few hours later we got back to Lijiang and keeled over on the ...
Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge
... a middle and upper class, those are the people you see making up the majority of tourists in places like Lijiang. - The bad things about China appear to be spitting everywhere, including on the bus floor etc, and the state of the toilets. ...
Mama Says... -by Prabhjyot
... a couple of days of lake seclusion, we were back on the road ready to hit number 5 on the AA's must see China list, Lijiang. Sukriti and I took a scenic 4 hour bus journey climbing higher up into the mountains until we reached Mama Naxi's ...
Fevers and trekking
I'm lying in bed (for a change) looking out over the mountains. Tiger leaping gorge is beautiful. Day 1 of the trek was hard work. Not only do you spend a lot of the day hiking uphill at 2500-3000 meters, but the sun was beating down on us and this cold ...
Litang
... buy the tickets and I brought our stuff down 15 minutes later. She waited amongst the pack of people (becuase there are no lines in China) and pushed her way to the front. There were five of us who needed tickets, Becky and I, Kate and Stu, and a French ...
Meeting up in Lijiang and Tibet Permits
... him the street. Pretty handy. He'd just arrived on the bus and was lost. Not surprising as everybody gets lost in Lijiang's streets. After Johan had checked into Mama Naxi's we started our quest for getting tickets and permits to Tibet. The problem ...
Back in Lijiang
... to Zhongdian and wanted to catch another bus to Lijiang so we could make our way to Chengdu. They told us that the Zhongdian to Lijiang bus was leaving in 2 minutes. No problem, used to this. We ran to the bus terminal, bought some tickets from the lady ...
Yunnan Province
... was my idea of paradise - breathtaking scenery and lots of big hairy yaks to play with :) :) I love them! The shopping in Lijiang is wonderful too, so many beautiful crafts. We were posting boxes back to Tianjin. Accommodation here is amazing too. We ...
Lijiang
Lijiang is an old city in China situated in Yunnan. It is an interesting place to visit with numerous historic sites and beautiful scenic ...
Dali Delays
... good company. Sadly, the plan fell on its face, as I fell victim to the dreaded illness yet again. Bad times! Deniz left for Lijiang, Dmitri left for the mountains to add kung fu to his impressive range of skills, and Rich and Zoe left to a new hostel ...
Settled in peace and harmony
... piled all remaining funds into Stone the Crows, an awesome location, on the third floor of a concrete building (unusual for Lijiang but definatly better for keeping the sound in and out) overlooking the rooftops of this world heritage town. Im told ...
Trekkin' Along
... we had sweeping views of the jagged Haba Shan mountain range with the winding Yangtze river far below. 3900 meters below. The Yangtze is China's mother river and is the color of jade. About 10 miles later, Dad and I convinced kt that we'd had enough and ...
WORLD OVER, WOMEN ARE A MYSTERY
... do everything she says. No, and she hasn't asked for THAT...at least not yet! We are really enjoying Lijiang. It is the first quaint town in China to which we have been; possibly because it is the first Chinese town under one million people we have ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge
... a Tuesday...during the low season. I couldn't believe it, nor did I like it and so unfortunately I never really enjoyed Lijiang. Combine that with a blah hostel and the fact that I had scheduled a flight out of there mere hours after I ...
Lost in Lijiang
... it off, we lit some candles, made 3 wishes and then floated them down the river - apparently a traditional thing to do in Lijiang. Super cheesy! The next day we were planning on heading off to trek in the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The owner of our ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge
... war (wo ich mein Gepaeck gelagert hatte) hat doch glatt ein Nieselregen begonnen! Ich bin doch noch weiter gefahren nach Lijiang, mit einem Privatjeep, die Fahrerin hat die vier Chinesen und den einen Traveller, die auf einen Bus warteten gesehen und ...
Ligiang Old Town at last
Lijiang Tuesday 4/8/09. First surprise of the day!! Chinese breakfast and we were a little late and the hordes had got in first .Our breakfast steamed bun, boiled egg and sweet bread. Our first visit was to the Black Dragon Lake a very impressive well ...
Welcome to Disneyland
... (morgen fahre ich nach Dali). Das Wetter, welches in der Tiger Leaping Gorge ja schon schlechter wurde, hat sich hier in Lijiang nochmal verschlechtert. Da ich aber genug Zeit habe, konnte ich es aussitzen. btw, hier in Yunnan scheinen wir ...
Leaping Tiger, Hidden Tour Groups
... ) and felt an overwhelming sense of peace envelop us. It's so nice to be away from the crowds of Lijiang and to just appreciate the amazing natural beauty that China has to offer. We were in bed by 7:30pm, in our pine smelling cabinesque room - that one ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge and the Beautiful Old Cities
... under construction most of the way! Not surprising really as most of China appears to be under construction. Lijiang, at 2400 m, is one of China's favourite cities to visit and the proof is in the throngs of people in the streets. There are a ...
Lijiang With Mee Maa (my dear mother)
... he called Pat back in Chongqing to check his flat, but it wasn’t there either. We still haven’t solved the mystery. Lijiang was great. We stayed six nights and caught up on R&R. During our stay we checked out a local bar, went horseback ...
Cross-country China
... yesterday. We woke up to a breakfast of...guess what...noodles! And then drove off to get a lecture about ethnicity in china. This afternoon we went to a really cool place similar to Epcot that recreates villages of several Chinese minorities (like ...
Little earthquakes
20.2-24.2.08 Stone Bridge Inn, Lijiang, China. Tiger Leaping Gorgen jalkeen oli hyva ottaa jonkin aikaa rauhassa ja nainpa paadyimme levyttelemaan Lijiangiin. Kaupunki ylitti kansainvalisen uutiskynnyksen vuonna 1996, 7.0 richterinasteikon ...
Lijiang
... head straight to bed. In the morning we get told to go to breakfast which is lovely bannana and honey pancakes, we then head into Lijiang to investigate the old city. On the way we bump into two of the members of the Intrepid group and we wonder round ...