Lijiang Jian Nan Chun Wen Yuan

... played on original instruments, some of which were buried during the Cultural Revolution lest they be smashed. Local historian of note Xuan Ke speaks for the group at performances and at the end gives his autograph to anyone who desires so. Ticket prices are 120, 140 and 160 RMB and the show starts at 8pm until about 9ish every day.<br><br>All of the members were colorful traditional robes and play a variety of old instruments. Two lovely ...

... accomadations in this place as its really starting to take off and more places are opening.<br>Dropped my bags off and then headed for Li Jiang old town via bus cost me 3yuan to get there walked around getting lost in the little alleys which I noticed had a pattern to its touristic madness batik shop, silver jewllery shop, tea shop, dried yak meat shop, scarfs, leather, and then it starts again no wonder I got lost they all started to look the same ...

J'ai quitter prestamment cette ville vide de sens qu'etait Dali.<br><br>Pour bien vous expliquer cette ville, imaginez le vieu port de Montreal avec une superficie de la ville de Greenfield Park. Piege a touriste extraordinaire. <br><br>Tous les vieux hippies que j'ai rencontre m'ont raconter qu'il y a peine 5 ans, c'etait le paradis sur terre, avec des gens sympathique pis des backpackers partout. Et puis il est arrive la chose qui arrive ...

... here though as we are staying at a fab guesthouse called Mama Naxi Guesthouse and its only 2 pounds a night each. There are loads of travellers staying there and every evening we get together for a feast of a dinner for just 1.50 each... bargain and really delicious.<br><br>The town itself has changed so much since I was here 10 years ...

... are women, but are they using forums to engage in public affairs? Are women equally represented in forums? Do they prefer different topics? Are they less agonistic? Are they more likely to dropout and stop logging in (for more than 3 months for this study)? Teng examined Maoyan, Tianya and Sina forums from Dec. 2007 to June 2008, roughly 23,000+ reply posts by over 11,000 users. Gender information is provided by profiles, which is taken at face value since users can ...

... a dramatic horse-shoe bend turning north. This is also the place where Mao's Red Army crossed during the Long March. It was then a downhill ride into the township of Shigu which has an impressive memorial to the Red Army crossing and a pretty old ...

... above. This did not augur well for a roof which may be subjected to heavy rain in the middle of the year, when the Indian monsoon came up to the mountains of Yunnan. On the upstairs room there were ominous signs: drip marks along the timber beams onto the wooden floor. Even on the downstairs rooms, the ceilings sported water stain marks that had formed once the rainwater had seeped through the floorboards. I had asked my builder for a quote to put up ...

Yes, a place called "Tiger Leaping Gorge." This is why we come to China, to visit something called "Tiger Leaping Gorge!" We can pretend we are in a wuxia pian/ kung fu movie. Actually, this Gorge is the beginning of the Yangtze River. Nathan wasn't feeling too well, so I headed off on my own. I was on a tour bus ...

So we arrived in Dali very early this morning, a beautiful walled city north of Kunming in Yunnan. We're staying just ouside of the south gate and it's an easy walk to the central streets, which are filled with shops selling traditional items and much more. The town is made of up minority groups so there are lots of people walking ...

... Lodge. Perched up to our left on a high ledge is a beer garden behind which are basic dormitory rooms. Cold beer begins to flow as we admire the view. Directly ahead of us is a curved wall of rock and forest soaring up to white peaks above. Where it meets perfect blue sky. Flowing down this curve of what is almost like the inside of a bowl are many spectacular waterfalls. Pouring into the river below where there are horses for hire. There is a laundry room and a shower, both ...