Mulin Hostel Lijiang

... more mundane goods and services necessary for daily living.

We learn that Lijiang is on what is known as the “Tea Horse route”, an ancient trade route between Tibet, China and India. As such, goods and services were it’s purpose and it would be natural for the townspeople to have the shop-front on the street and to live either above or behind the shop.

Another day we spend an hour or so sitting in a lovely garden overlooking ...

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... House. As for me, my goal was to get out of touristy Lijiang and enjoy the scenery for however long I deem appropriate. My first stop after about 3 hours was Naxi Family Guesthouse. The instant I entered their family courtyard I was charmed by the smile of the owners, the flowers and the incredible view from the terrace of the Yulong mountains. So, after a three hour hike, I decided to make this my first overnight stop. I set outside and ...

... path but all in all, not a patch on my hike up and down Mt Emei in the strenuous stakes. I stayed in a local guest house along the way, drying my saturated clothes out by a tiny fire, which gave me a distinctly smoky flavour when hiking the following day. Day 2, after 1hr, I came to a fork in the road. One path went down to a guest house and a hike to the rapids in the gorge, the other went up the mountain into a bamboo forest. I took ...

... years ...................you are being watched and the result of any wrongdoing really is Zero Tollerance to the Extreme In the Panda park ....we were followed by two plain clothed men with in ear pieces...............when they saw that we were just their to goof around they were relaxed and friendly .......the police we have had dealings with have always been polite and super friendly................i mean ....free lunch , a four hour ride, free ...

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 such a short space of time, Rich and Zoe in particular have grown to feel like old friends, and saying goodbye tomorrow ...

... party like the Bai people in Dali. Jen pointed out how good that was since most of the old city was wood and could burn down. The scattered torch here and there among the throngs of Chinese tourists shopping late into the night was a nice touch though. I wondered around the quiet city at night for a while, stopping to have another cup of tea with that restaurant owner. Our flight was only 7 hours away in the morning.

... drift down towards the Tiger Leaping gorge, where the wide flowing river is squeezed between two mountain ranges more than 5000m high. Back to the strategic importance of Shigu. For ages the ability to cross the Yangtze at Shigu has been vital for conqueering areas including Zhuge Liang, the military strategist, and Kublai Khan. The Chinese Workers and Peasants' Red Army were just one of a series of movements to cross here. In 1936 they crossed and went north to fight ...

... lovely husband - a smiler that helps his wife so happily with her life work. Papa came after a short while and took us to a massage club not far from the main square. The place was a Korean spa (there are plenty of Korean people in Yunnan province, apparently), and they offered any type of massage we can think of. I chose body massage for 60 hours. The professional massagiest had a very good work on my sprained body. Like it was made in Chengdu - she passed ...

... had quite some interesting exhibits. The view around the lake was also quite nice. We took a picture with Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龍雪山) in the background and a five-arch bridge (五孔橋) in the foreground ...