Zen Garden Hotel Lijiang

... , so we waited at the corner for an old man who piled it all onto his tricycle and walked the 10 minutes or so to the Zen Garden hotel with the concierge. Our room was very small but had a lovely ambience and we were happy to simply collapse into our ...

... clear brook with golden carp weaving in and out of the green river weeds against the current. We had arrived at the Zen Garden Hotel. Deep stone steps led us up to a charming courtyard with another koi pond. The staff, wearing traditional Naxi costume ...

... phone call or two, told us it was our last night in the faceless hotel, he had managed to get us a room in the Zen Garden Hotel in the Old City that we had originally requested.   To celebrate we went to an English pub that Annie had spotted close ...

... de la vielle ville et nous traversons les ruelles étroites en pavés avec nos bagages pour nous rendre à notre hôtel. Le Zen Garden se situe au coeur de la vieille ville au milieu d'innonbrables boutiques de bijoux, écharpes et autres artisanats, un ...

This morning, like every other morning here at Zen Garden we enjoyed listening to a lady play an ancient Chinese stringed instrument while we were eating breakfast.  As we were eating our guide Jerry that has taken us to a few places the previous ...

... of the "Gorgeous Gorge" (Annie's description :-) and the Yangtze River. We checked back into our pretty courtyard Zen Gardens Hotel and spent the afternoon relaxing. This is definitely a great place to stay when visiting Lijiang, see ...

... state of wonderful calm and peace and soaking up the beauty of the surrounding trees and mountains. We're staying at Zen Garden Hotel - definitely an awesome place to stay but one of the more expensive. For those interested in traveling to Lijiang, ...

... we were collected at 8am and began our journey to Shaxi, a valley nestled between 2 mountain ranges approximately 3 hours south of Lijiang.  The driver's capability aside, it was much better to travel in the day, as the scenery was stunning... and ...

... same bamboo worms or grasshoppers that we paid a few Yuan for were 180 yuan at the restaurant.  At night time Lijiang metamorphoses from a garden paradise to a rowdy, loud, party place.  All along bar street,  discos are vying to see who ...

... klinkers, alle huizen in stijl met veel hout (snijwerk) echt heel mooi. Na de lunch nemen we een minivan naar enkele dorpjes buiten Lijiang waar we een wandeling door de natuur van dorp naar dorp maken en ook daar weer de dagelijkse gang van zaken van de ...

... overcast so we couldn't get pictures of the reflection, but we still came out with some beautiful pictures. We wandered all around Lijiang today, everywhere you turn there is another picture.  It is the most beautiful town I have ever seen.  I ...

Monday, May 17, 2010 Lijiang China We went to 3 major attractions today.  The first one was Baisha village.  Baisha is inhabited by the Naxi culture.  The Naxi’s are interesting because the woman is the head of the family.  She ...

... We got back to the Moon Inn, and packed up all of our stuff. We checked out of our room and walked down the alley to the Zen Garden Inn, which I wanted in the first place. They had vacancy, and we asked to see a room. We were sorely disappointed. For a ...