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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
... Minderheit in ihrem besonderen, typischen Stil errichtet, sind sie heute meist im Besitz von Han-Chinesen.
Im Grunde teilt Lijiang das selbe Schicksal wie das heutige Venedig. Die ursprünglichen Einwohner wurden fast zur Gänze von der finanzkräftigeren Tourismusindustrie vertrieben. Lijiang ist gegenwärtig eher ein großer Themenpark, in dem die alte Naxikultur gewinnträchtig vermarktet wird, obwohl kaum noch echte Naxi in der ...
Such Great Heights
... proviant och så måste jag ta in på hennes stuga på berget då det annars inte går att sova på sluttningarna. Hon begär en helt sinnessjuk summa för allt detta krimskrams, jag tackar höviskt men säger att jag inte kan bära allt detta. Inga problem säger hon med ett leende, hon har ju hästar att hyra som kan bära allt detta åt mig för ytterligare en summa. Efter en lång diskussion så säger jag: Jag har inte tänkt köpa alla dina saker, visa mig vägen till berget ...
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