traveling in China's Wild West

Date: 2011-7-4 18:53:00 by WaldorfChina Tags: Chengdu's backyard Hugu Lake Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge Shangri La Litang Kanding

 To discover China's Wild West I took a night train on 28 April from Chengdu to Xichang.

From there it was an 8 hour bus ride to the beautiful Lake Hugo Lu. Two women rowed some students and myself across the lake and the boarder to Yunnan. From there it was another 8 hour bus ride to the crowded city of Lijiang.

The bus to Tiger Leaping Gorge had a flat tire, but we got th

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The pearl of the east

Date: 2011-6-16 10:51:00 by murtada Tags: Lijiang

Lijiang

We flew from Haikou to Kunming on July 5. View Details

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Missing the Days in Shuhe Village

Date: 2009-5-26 2:41:00 by shyoto Tags: Lijiang Yunnan

It was at one morning that I suddenly arrived at Shuhe Village with a heavy travelling backpack on my back. Passing through some alleys in the village, I felt the local people were looking at me differently, giving me a strong feeling of being an unexpected stranger. And I suddenly felt guilty for disturbing their quiet and peaceful life.

Stepping on a stone bridge, the sky seem

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