Lijiang Hotels - Comments and Reviews

Well, it wasn't exactly the most Irish of St Patrick's Day. However the Irish bar in Lijiang was quite full, and there were even some signs that people were wearing green from among their limited clothes stashes. The bar was serving mojitos and Dali beers - there was no Guiness, possibly on account of the barman leaving the next day on an overse...

Well, there's a Chinese intangible cultural heritage show in Beijing at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center. The facts: The expo displays more than 2,300 artworks in nine categories and features live demonstrations from more than 130 major groups of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. The context: China now has 1,028 items on its List ...

A week of heavy rain dismissed any lingering dellusions of home sickness. There we were on the very edge of the northern national park of the province of Yunan. This is the start of the Himalayas, awesome!!!! No longer content with waiting for the weather to break and appeased that fellow treckers had successfully navigated one of earths most im...

Set out bright and early for the trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge. The gorge is so called after a tiger "apparently" made the leap across the gorge and over the roaring Yangtze river to escape a gang of hunters. The river is pretty wide so even with the aid of a stone in the middle I'm not sure if this would be possible. Still a cool name for a ...

Sorry, everyone, for the late entry about our trip to Yunnan. But here goes: First a short update on our situation and motivations for our trip: We quit our teaching job early August, because we finally realized that the whole business is incredibly dishonest and that we were simply helping undeserving, selfish people steal money from trusting p...

More news, and more half-truths. The first comes from some official media outlet for the Games. It claims Lijiang is a popular destination for foreigners. Well, as indicated in an earlier story put out by another arm of PR, foreigners only make up a small percent of visitors. The bulk are Chinese. And increasingly, the comments made by foreigner...

Good to see the Olympic sponsors getting some leverage with their marketing. www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-o lympictorchjun10,0,3796738.story chicagotribune.com Northwestern professor to carry university name during run with Olympic torch in China By Jodi S. Cohen Tribune reporter 7:22 PM CDT, June 9, 2008 As a Northwestern University co...