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The old town of Lijiang
Lijiang is a maze of cobbled streets, rickety wooden buildings and canals.
Very easy to get lost, which we did, wandering through the lanes and alleys lined with stalls making and selling beautiful handcrafts and knick-knacks.
I love coming to a new place and seeing all the different styles of street foods, here they call them Naxi snacks. One style ...
The (way too popular) old town of Lijiang
... cobblestone alleys, making it another Venice in China :-). From my point of view I would actually call Lijiang the Venice of China rather than Suzhou, as Lijiang is much bigger and has much more and more beautiful channels. Oh well both towns are about 2.800km apart so let's not argue about it too much ;-). Anyway with all the little cobblestone alleys, the old-looking houses and water channels the city is surely beautiful - if there ...
Tiger Leaping Gorge
... end to get some more pictures there. The low trail pretty much follows this road and is also only for the lazy folks. So we went for the real Tiger Leaping Gorge experience by hiking the high trail :-). Although the high trail does not come anywhere close to 3.900m above ground, it is still a breath-taking walk for two reasons: first it winds up the mountain range up to an altitude of 2.800m above the gorge’s water (the starting point is at about 2.000m) and second ...
Venedigs Schwester im Geiste
... sind. So verkleiden sich junge, hübsche Chinesinnen als Naxifrauen mit opulentem Geschmeide und bieten gemeinsame Fotos für eine handvoll Yuan an, Restaurants werben mit typischer Naxi-Style-Cuisine, täglich spielt das Naxiorchester auf historishen Instrumenten und so weiter. Trotz alledem ist die Altstadt von unbestreitbarer und einzigartiger Schönheit und letztendlich gleichermaßen sehenswert und authentisch wie die italienische Lagunenstadt.
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Lights, Camera, no Action
... theater another hour or more until we were finally able to leave. Debbie and I were so tired throughout the day. In the countless hours that we sat around, we had to fight to stay awake. It was a combination of boredom and staying up to late blogging that made us so tired..
Our students were upset with the long day because this was the last time they could shop the Old Towm markets before we leave, and they still had gifts they wanted to buy. ...
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