Vibes Sightseeing Lijiang
Lijiang River beam, Chama Ancient Town Lijiang, Yunnan, 674100, China
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In need of mending
... was like a small town in itself, with thousands of travellers arriving and departing each moment. I lay my bike down outside and entered, doing my best to read the timetables until I was ready to buy a ticket whereupon the woman in the ticket booth could not confirm my bike would be permitted to come along. I walked away to ponder and was soon approached my a man who told me my bike would be no problem. I climbed onto my bunk and stretched out for the long but comfortable journey to ...
First full day at Lijiang Ethic Orphanage School
... translated paragraph that our teachers taught last year.
When the students went to teach the last two class periods of the day, Debbie and I went into a building to meet the teachers whom we would be teaching. Eight teachers arrived with varying levels of English. A couple of the teachers taught English. One was fairly good and helped translate our words to the other teachers. So, Debbie and I wrote on a ...
Keeping Score
... bit too hard and attempts to recapture the authenticity of it have been so succesful that it's actually too good to be true. Noel hit the nail on the head when he said it felt a little but like a theme park or what you would expect if Disneyland built a little China section (which they probably have).
While it may not have felt entirely natural and comfortable, Lijiang was still a wonderful little town to wander around with a lively atmosphere to soak up. Like ...
Day 75 - This is Why I’m Here
Days like these are why I'm here. Sometimes I marvel at what whirlwind of circumstances and decisions led me to this exact moment in time at this exact place. The cold spell has broken and we wake to find beautiful clear skies, piercingly deep, in shades from whispers of powder blue to fathomless azure, stretching into infinity. The only semblance of clouds hang above the still snowy peaks to the west, clinging to their rocky moorings. The ...
Meeting Doctor Hu
Went off with 4 others from the hostel by minibus to visit a couple of villages round Lijiang by minibus.
The first one was Baisha the home of the famous Dr Hu (not Dr Who). Baisha turned out to be very touristy but Dr Hu was a very interesting guy. He invited us in top his "surgery" and gave a very interesting chat about his life.
More to follow../..
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