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The old town of Lijiang
... Baba, it is a thick wheat flatbread stuffed with meat, vegetables or sweets. Very yummy, but decadent.
Sam ate some Yak meat too, he wasn't to sure about that flavour.
The word Naxi descends from ethnically Tibetan Qiang tribes, and lived until recently in matrilineal families, which basically means the women run the show.
We walked up to the ...
The (way too popular) old town of Lijiang
... many tourists...
What a touristy town
The first line in our Lonely Plant article on Lijiang summarizes it quite well as follows: "How popular is this forgotten place, that it is so overcrowded?". The little city is visited by about five million!! tourists each year. Even during our visit in late November (i.e. off-season), hundreds of tourists (western as well as many Chinese) streamed through the little ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge
... does offer amazing views (sometimes very, very close to the edge).
It takes two days to hike all the way through the gorge if one wants to enjoy the views and create the mandatory photo-documentation :-). A few guest houses on the way are offering some basic but helpful accommodation, with great views as well. By the way, the name Tiger Leaping Gorge originates from a legend which says that once upon a time a tiger jumped from one of the rocks in the river ...
Venedigs Schwester im Geiste
... rekonstruiert und händisch wiedererrichtet, so dass es eigentlich keine Rolle spielt, dass ein großer Teil quasi Neubauten sind. Es gibt hier selbstverständlich auch einen Palast und Tempel, allerdings ist unser Hunger diesbezüglich erst einmal gestillt, so dass wir uns damit zufrieden geben, lediglich durch die Gassen zu wandern und die großartige Holzarchitektur der traditionellen Hofhäuser zu bewundern. Ehemals von den Naxi, der ...
Lijiang Baby
... couldn't check in til 11am. So we dropped off our bags and wandered around the town tat would be our home for the next few days. The town was extremely picturesque, with cobble stone streets and canals flowing beside the streets. After eating a quick breakfast, we found a nice cafe to sit while we waited for time to pass. The cafe had a perfect view of the entire town, overlooking the nearby mountain. We intended to buy a drink each, to keep warm and so that we wouldb ...
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