Shiner Hotel Lijiang

... trail alone. I returned to the main trail and continued to Halfway House which had intrigued me on my way up. The family was happy to see me showed me nto the dorm room (20RMB) which had a lovely terrace overlooking the village and mountains. I can't comment on food as I had my dried food packages which I need to finish as they were a burden to carry with me. I did, however, try their walnut and honey pancake which was delicious though a bit ...

... 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 ...

... tornade. Je crois qu'elle est tombee dans la marmite de methamphetamine quand elle etait gamine. En moins de 5 minutes, elle a organiser mon autobus vers Chengdu et m'a donner une banane et une tasse de the. Ca c'est du service!<br><br>Pis j'ai une chambre a moi tout seul aussi pour genre 25 kuai! C'est un ****ing bon prix! Sauf que pour seul chauffage j'ai un bucket avec du charbon en feu dedans. Ca va ben dormir a swere!<br><br>Y fait ...

... brekkie at the Prague Cafe. Lonely Planet recommended the brekkie of eggs, ham, fried goats cheese, potato pancake &amp; homemade bread. Came with orange juice for 30 yuan and it was good !!!!!<br><br> <br><br>Loved wandering around the town &amp; the streets were quiet the first couple of ...

... a map that we purchased in Dali that includes Lijiang too. I am not sure why none of them are to scale or do not include all the streets or street names... It is very frustrating! We saw a sign for Baisha and a street called Fougo, so we headed that way. We rode around the village and past another one. The is supposed to be a fork in the road, but we never saw one. We were getting tired, so after a bit we turned around and went into Baisha. The road ...

... gather to dance a particular soaring dance mimicking the moves of birds of prey. Hoping to cash in on the Tibetan tourism boom, local authorities have started expand-ing the nearby centuries-old Tibetan monastery. Right next to the monastery are new homes and shops, all waiting to be filled by enterprising Hans from the lowlands. Would this eventually spell the end of the mystique of these regions? Are the critics not right in lamenting the destruction of China's ...

... she wasnt having any of me and just walked off so i had the dilemma of being stubborn and sending nothing home = carry 2.6kg with me all around china, or bite the bullet and just pay. i went for option 2 but i was not happy. yesterday mitchell, mary and i escaped for brekkie in jacks before we caught the bus here to lijiang. it was only a 3 hours journey though the weather here hasnt been the best. im not sure where that leaves us regarding the tiger leaping ...

... River and canals run along the narrow streets and alleys. The magnificent Jade Dragon Snow Mountain towers above the Old Town adding to its appeal. Unlike most old cities in China Lijiang doesn't have city walls. Instead the hundreds of narrow and maze-like streets and alleys were used to aid in the escape of the population and to confuse invading forces. This had to have worked because even I have a hell of a time trying to find my ...

... The tiger leaping gorge is a river that is getting narrower as far as you go into the mountains. Actually, the stream is on the opposite way - but in fact, at the beginning of the trek you go along a wide river, and at the end of it you walk along a narrower creek. Like most of the treks I finished so far - this trek is climbing a mountain. You start from the foot of the mountain, and climb as high as you can. Along the way there are peddlers who sell drinks ...

Lijiang is really a mixture of the old and the new. It's a place that you both love and hate at the same time. The old town is a maze of narrow twisting cobbled alleyways, canals filled with gold fish, bridges and traditional shuttered houses. It's so easy to get lost in the little streets but you are never far from a smiling local tending the plants in their small courtyards and ready to tell you the right way back. There are Naxi everywhere you look - the Naxi men in their plain ...