Jade Dragon Garden Lijiang

... usually used by bus tourists (the majority of Chinese take the bus, 90% of the hikers I saw on the high trail were foreigners).<br>http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiger_Leaping_Gorge<br><br>The ticket price is 50RMB. After about 300m, I came upon Jane's Guesthouse, run by Tibetan Jane. She told me where to get on the trail and off I went. Many people do this hike in either one day (pushing it) but more will do it in two days, staying over at ...

... paying the entry fee at the main gate 1) if your getting there early before 8am or after 5pm your sweet theres no one there. 2) through the other few entries on the side a mini bus from Likenlong Supermarket should do it too if anyone tries to make you pay just ignore them. Well wish we could have avoided the fee but as we drove in and realised we had to pay it was to late and my fellow travellers were not as keen as me to forgo the fee but hey it ...

... local qui sont reconnus notamment pour leur promiscuite, leur conception tres floue du mariage et de l'hegemonie de la femme dans le couple. <br><br>Ca prouve a quel point j'aime Chengdu si je passe pas plus d'un jour ici. N'empeche que des Amazons-Sex-Warrior ca pourrait bien etre plaisant. Sauf que tout est fake ici et tout est cher. Donc pas d'orgie. Sauf si en 18 heures je trouve un moyen de...<br><br>La petite Mama Naxi est une ...

... and not for the better as its become really touristy and is packed everywhere but its still really pretty and relaxing.<br><br>We are heading to Tiger Leaping Gorge tomorrow to trek along the violent start of the Yangze river. From there we head to Shangri la on the Tibetan border which sounds amazing but will keep you all posted. <br>

... as we walked along and was very rapid at the rock. It was a 15 - 20 foot drop near Tiger Rock. It is a beautiful spot and we were able to see the narrowest part of the Yangtze. They even have a sculpture of a Tiger on the side of the gorge that we were walking on. It took us an hour and 45 minutes to walk round trip and look around for a bit. After leaving the park we stopped 10 minutes later for lunch. We had a high priced meal with below average ...

... never done this type of riding before I wasn't confident about staying on after yesterdays mishaps, but some good tips from Kim helped a lot and I managed to complete the ride unscathed. Then lunch before our longest ascent for the day, 9kms along a good sealed road with some spectacular valley views but it wasn't easy. The top of ...

... BUT it was NOT love at first site... from the airport, we got into the city via shuttle: no problem here. then we took a cab to our hostel: problem. the cab dropped us off in an area and just pointed in a general direction while indicating we needed to take a left around the corner to find the guesthouse. again, problem. we had no idea where we were and in which direction we were going. (remember: the chinese are NOT ...

... house BEFORE the bends. However, we didn't want to back track so we followed the lady the other way to get back on the trail. The problem was, this trail was straight up. This lady was like a deer. She practically sprinted up the hill, killing me in the process. Nothing like getting showed up by a 50 year old woman in China. After a grueling hike up the mountain to the main trail we learned that we had passed the guest house where we ...

... I blend in too well. The next day, my group met up with me again on their way to the Black Dragon Pool. I had decided not to go because of the outrageous price they were charging to get in the park. Just 2 years ago it was 30Y and now it was 60Y. The price of tourist attractions in China is going up at an astounding rate far higher than any inflation rate. But I decided I could use a walk and took them there. I was ready to leave them at the park and meet up with ...

... finest guesthouse to date. I say guesthouse but in reality it was more like a foster home for international travellers! Not in any of the guide books, everyone finds it via word of mouth. Its run by a Naxi women and her husband. Naxi are the local women of this area of Yunnan province and the society has always been effectively run by women with men taking a back seat in life - this was especially evident with the couple, what mamma naxi says goes! On arrival you're ...