Adange Hotel Lijiang

... a rustic wooden bridge
cutely named The Bridge for Lovers on the shore of Lugu Lake whose
array of eggs blew me away. Here he was offering boiled
pale-green duck eggs that contained more goodness than their chicken
counterparts, as well as gigantic goose eggs each big enough to feed
four. I found one of the best cooks at a
lakeside restaurant where the proprietor netted a live carp from her
pond and effortlessly ...

... downward motion. Scientists speak
about the reactive behavior of these glaciers as if they were almost
human. The Tibetan and Naxi peoples who inhabit this region treat them,
and their mountain hosts, as embodiments of deities and spirits.
Now, a growing number of glaciers are losing their equilibrium, or
their capacity to build up enough snow and ice at high altitudes to
compensate for the rate of melting at lower ones. After surveying the
Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China happysheep

... one of the main faces of the Conservative party.

. . . he had a politically incorrect wedding.

Laughing as he recalled his bride's journey through Lijiang on a
sedan chair, he says: "It was very un-PC; basically we were picking up
a new piece of property for the family."
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... brekkie at the Prague Cafe. Lonely Planet recommended the brekkie of eggs, ham, fried goats cheese, potato pancake & homemade bread. Came with orange juice for 30 yuan and it was good !!!!!



Loved wandering around the town & the streets were quiet the first couple of ...

... daily life... We were up on good time, showered and dropped off our laundry to be done at the hotel for 40 yuan. Bill had to pay the last of our house utilities and we checked email. Our packages from Bangkok have finally arrived! Yeah! We walked just outside of the Old Town and had breakfast at Buon Appetito. I had an omelette with mushrooms and tomatoes, bread that was like wafers (big difference from the lovely fresh bread at the last hotel ...

... le barrage des 3 Gorges. Donc, dans 2 ans, 3 ans maximum, le site n'existera plus.J'y ai fait un trek de 2 jours dans un sentier surtout en haut des gordes. La 2e journee, le sentier descend et on a une vue encore plus spectaculaire.

... until it started to rain. not good. it POURED! like seriously.... we got caught and were soaking wet from head to toe. but that's a part of backpacking. after returning to the hostel, we spend the late afternoon with a couple from Israel playing cards and planning a joint trip to the Tiger Leaping Gorge. then, on our way out to dinner, we met a French Canadian couple we later joined us for the next couple of days.

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... We got in yesterday from Dali and didn't do too much, just wandered around a little and relaxed. That night we did go see a Naxi orchestra performance. (Naxi are a minority people in Lijiang area.) One of the good things to do In Lijiang is actually to rent bicycles and get out of Lijiang. There are little towns about 8-15 km outside of town which make for a nice day trip. First we stopped at Black Dragon Pool park ...

... restaurants, and store after store after store of stuff. There were so many stores full of similar stuff that you could not identify your location by store because they all looked the same. After a few days there, we were a little eager to get away (and the prices were about to more than double due to the May holiday), and so we headed to Tiger Leaping Gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge was a beautiful hike and we stayed at a great guesthouse - the ...