Mca Lijiang

... the whinging kid in the next seat, he had a great trip.  At least it was only 3 hours.   The hotel in Lijiang is also MCA, connected to the one in Dali but much nicer.  The only problem is the steep streets.  It was a long hot ...

Aangekomen in Lijiang, toch maar weer naar de ...

... to some expats and received some advice about the local sights while enjoying a great coffee and delicious chocolate cake (anybody visiting Lijiang, I’d almost add this as a must see sight to see here!). We continued down the canal and spent a few ...

Lijiang was another lovely town with a maze of cobbled streets with small streams running alongside and little bridges leading to cafes and restaurants. It was very quaint but again choc-a-block with chinese tourists, most of them wanting to take our ...

... it back at the guesthouse I went to hire a bicycle so that I could get away from the monstrosity that is the Lijiang Old Town. I cycled through a nearby village  and then onto the main dual carriageway out of the city and towards Snow Mountain. I ...

Arrive en fin d apres midi, je me dirige  a pied vers la vieille ville pour chercher la Guesthouse MCA (dortoir a 1.5 euros et belle vue sur la ville) ou je dois retrouver Sylvain. On va manger le soir avec deux amis coreens et je decouvre la vieille ...

... I stayed at the sister property of my hotel in Dali.  It wasn't quite as nice, but I had no complaints about the MCA Lijiang.  My main reason for visiting Lijiang is that it is the jumping off point for the trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge, ...

... for once, with frequent small landslides partly blocking the road, forcing Adam to drive carefully over the loose dirt. We arrived in Lijiang at midday, although we were left sitting in the truck for about half an hour with no advice as to what was going ...

... than Lijiang is. It’s a little ironic in a way, as Baisha itself is the oldest Naxi settlement, settled about 1300AD. In Lijiang though the Naxi population has realised they can cash in on the tourist Yuan, and have all moved out of the old town ...

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 ...

... the English for pigs intestines in her electronic translater. The lethal plum wine was pretty good though. We're now in Lijiang, which is something like a chocolate box cotswold village, but with old chinese architecture and about 30,000,000 Chinese ...

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 ...

... has been a bit of a competition between Dali and Lijiang for tourists, and that Lijiang is winning, and we could see why. Lijiang simply looks more authentic, with a greater array of shops and restaurants, whereas Dali looks like it has been recreated but ...

... me in! Sunday 13th April I got up early to try to change the date of my bus ticket and my reservation with the MCA guesthouse in Lijiang, which the girl at reception managed to do for me. I had exhausted my entire supply of clothes a couple of days ...

... night and I was struck by how pretty it was. Lijiang has a more tourist feel to it, and by that I meant that everything in Lijiang seems to cater to simply tourists, and huge loads of them too. Dali too has it fair share of tourists but somehow it ...

... made comments on how gross they were but used them anyway - no choice.  I thought I would have to be looking out for a bush for them! We are heading out pretty soon for Lijiang, further north and west on a minibus. Until next time.... The ...

... is aimed at the Chinese market and if I have to see one more Naxi woman's blouse I will die. I should have bought more at Lijiang, it was far better quality. In the end I left the shopping early before I could be harangued by some old naxi woman again. ...

... they had brand new bikes for just ¥5 more for the day, and promptly hired theirs instead. Compared to the bikes we had in Lijiang these were an absolute dream, and we were soon happily cycling at the edge of an 8 lane freeway towards the `3 ...

... if we would have been able to get back that night. We found a bar run by an expat that was showing the Simpson's movie that night. Including serving Duff Beer! After that we decided we were bored with Dali, and left the next morning for Lijiang. ...