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No.58 Bayi Lower Section, Qiyi Street, Dayan Town, Gucheng District Lijiang, Yunnan, China
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Lijiang: If it rains, eat...a lot
... the tax, I think I'd give it a pass, unless you haven't seen traditional Chinese garden layouts before (big still pond inside with a moon viewing pavillion in the middle, and lots of random halls around the lake.)
Since I had time and was determined to use the pass that I bought, I took a spin around the entire compound. On the east side, up a flight of stairs is Dongba research institute, which included an exhibit of Naxi pictographic writing. ...
Let’s do the time warp again
... stories and the confidence and knowledge of their children. We spent nearly all night talking to them and learning all about their adventures; they were amazing people. Tom and I have such huge respect for Hans and Alexandra and the decisions they have made for their children’s upbringing, it was incredibly educational for us to chat to them…we felt like we learnt so much of them in the few hours we knew them. It is the memory of people like these that will stay with us for a lifetime. ...
Bullfrog
... too long once we drive past a statue of Chairman Mao! We get off the bus and walk around both still feeling a bit lost so we jump in a taxi to take us the rest of the way which cost 7Y/65p. We walk around the old town and find a place to stay called Niu Mansion Guest House which cost 40Y/£3.75 a night for a double room and attached bathroom with hot shower, plus electric blankets on the bed (thank god, because the nights were ...
Wrong turns and running in stolen thongs
... case up to our final destination and oasis of beer in the rice fields.
We stumbled into town and into the most well lit up bar in we could find (which was still quite dim as there was a power outage in the town-good timing huh) and inhaled our first beer. To everyone else in the bar, who were mainly older couples we would have been quite a sight and very confusing. A pair of filthy unshaven white men stumbling into a bar 2 hours after dark covered ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge
... the wild with me. Just let them find the beauty on their own. No words are necessary. I honestly believe that in human nature, it is natural to love nature. It supplies us, energizes us, helps us cope with the unknown elements of life, the unexplainable. The perpetual crazy uncontrollable universe.
The unexplainable scares us. We build temples, try to reason with science to help us not accept the simple truths in front ...


