The Old City of Lijiang, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the perfect Chinese tourist town. With a Naxi population, quaint cobblestone streets and the gorgeous Black Dragon Pool Park, spend a couple of days in Lijiang before heading out into the countryside to hike one of Asia’s most iconic hikes! Tiger Leaping Gorge …
we will be introducing a new feature in the blog: the first to answer correctly will be rewarded with a chinese souvenir…1 souvenir per question. 1. name the author who wrote about a fictional Shangri-La 2. what was the original tibetan name of Shangri-La? (2 answers possible here) **note: please forward …
Hi folks, lots of internet troubles lately, please bear with us as we get caught up updating…d&m Halfway through the ride, we realized that our bus was headed for Xiaping (new Dali) and so we were not too surprised when we were dropped off at east gate of Dali, a 20 minutes walk from Dali’s …
Shangrila, located at 3200 meters, greeted us with a chilly breeze, overcast sky, and a slight headache. Taking the evening easy to acclimatize we got to know several travelers, all escaping the cold within the walls of the hostel. A dinner at a Tibetan restaurant was none too overwhelming, but the tea (jin cha) heated …
These Sichuan highlights are quintessential China. When a Westerner thinks of China, we think Pandas, we think Buddhas, we think yummy food. All of those can be had in Sichuan Province in Western China. Join us at the Panda Research Base in Chengdu. Visit a giant Buddha in Leshan, and end with a true Chinese …
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Xian Big Wild Goose Pagoda Our 3rd day in Xian started out by our trip to the “Big Wild Goose Pagoda”. There was a nice park around the actual pagoda complex that was very pleasant to stroll around. Inside, the pagoda itself was closed for renovation, not an uncommon occurrence around here. Once again, for …
Xian City and Train Station Xian train station embodied what I feared China might be. It was loud, crowded, dirty, stinky and I couldn’t understand what was going on. Slightly drowsy still from the night, we immediately sought to buy tickets to our next destination. We were directed to four different ticket lines, standing …
Exploring Pingyao Our 2nd day in Pingyao was much slower pace and instead of walking we took a couple bikes around for the day. we started by going to the train station to buy our next night’s train to xian. daphna did it by herself and she got confirmation that they were the right tickets …
