MCA Lijiang Hotel
No.44 Yuhe Market Beimen St Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelMCA Lijiang Hotel
On overlanding
I am currently in Lijiang - a veritable Disneyland version of China, complete with "old" Chinese-style buildings that actually house touristy shops and piped in ambience bird noises. Haven't been here long, but long enough to appreciate luxuries like a bed and beer that costs a pound.
One thing that's interesting about this place is that …
Chinese massage and dark BeerLao
Everyone was up quickly at 5.30am to the pleasant surprise that our tents had all dried slightly compared to the night before, although this was balanced by the lack of bread to have with breakfast, which was again balanced by having scrambled eggs one of the rare occasions.
We were away by 7am, with only minimal further damage to the side …
Wandering old Lijiang
After deliberately not setting our alarm so we could have a bit of a sleep-in, we were both awake at 7am regardless due to the incredibly hard bed and the stiffness generated by last night's massage, and it took a little while to get going, but we were out the door to start seeing Lijiang before 8.30am. Our first stop was a Naxi (the local …
Lunch with Liu Mei
A relaxed start this morning, and we met Adam, Jen and Nikki in the hostel cafe after sampling their over-priced buffet breakfast. It took a lot of trips to collect bacon and orange juice before we felt we had anything near decent value. We all hired bikes from the hostel, and after a bit of faffing about checking brakes and gears and replacing a …
Day 118-119 Birthdays and 45 min showers
Day 118
Up early in the cold, with frost settling on our tent walls again, but we didn't mind to much as this was the day our bush camp adventures would come to an end. Well for the time being anyway. We found the roads having good tarmac and James drove us into central Lijang in no time.
Kevin had arrived in a taxi just before …


