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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
... its beautiful location around some great mountain ranges and its cultural mix of different ethnical groups. Unfortunately in 1996 a major earthquake destroyed a lot of the city, but thanks to the regular tourist invasions (and related money flow), the town has been rebuilt (although in a Chinese fashion, i.e. not everywhere in an authentic way).
The city is surely beautiful, containing countless water channels running through ...
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 ...
In the mountains - sunny days and chilly nights.
... and temples. The town was spotlessly clean and the water running along the alleyways was sparkling and clear. We found a pleasant spot in the sun for a lunchtime beer.
The small town of Baisha was the other place recommended to us. According to my guidebook it was a small town with little to see apart from a temple and maybe, Dr Ho. This character became famous after featuring in a Bruce Chatwin book in the 1980's and being visited by Michael ...
Golden Eagles and Venetian Alleys
... to swinging hands with one another and taking it in turns to pass out.
The natives of Lijiang, the Naxi, are or were - can you still be part of a minority if you adopt its customs to flog their cultural/tourist capital? Either way they are an almost uniquely matriarchal culture. The word for boulder is the prefix of female + stone while the word for pebble is male + stone. I'd heard about the famous Mama Naxi who runs a popular guesthouse in the old town. ...
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