Jul 3, 2010 - Tiger Leaping Gorge

Today was the last day in Lijiang and we saved the best for last as we thought. ... The road was a little scary to drive on because it wasn’t very wide and it was also very bumpy because I’m sure they don’t have a degree for road making in Lijiang. ... After 2 hours of driving we finally made it to the entrance of the gorge and then had to walk 3km or 2mi to the Tiger Leaping Rock which is mainly how it got its name because Chinese story’s say that the river was small enough at this point for a tiger to jump on the rock and make it to the other side of the river.Today was the last day in Lijiang and we saved the best for last as we thought. ... The road was a little scary to drive on because it wasn’t very wide and it was also very bumpy because I’m sure they don’t have a degree for road making in Lijiang. ... After 2 hours of driving we finally made it to the entrance of the gorge and then had to walk 3km or 2mi to the Tiger Leaping Rock which is mainly how it got its name because Chinese story’s say that the river was small enough at this point for a tiger to jump on the rock and make it to the other side of the river....

Jul 2, 2010 - Dr. Ho Shi-Xiu.....Google Him

Well we had to get up earlier to meet with our tour guide and his name was Anthony he was wearing an Argentina hat which wasn't a good impression but the good thing was that he knew good English and knew allot about all the small cities around Lijiang. ... We went back to the old town and walked by the bar street stopped by a small and quiet place then Anthony showed us around the old town and showed us some nice places to eat and took us up to the top of the town that gave us a nice view of all of Lijiang. ... Then it was time to prepare for the World Cup matches by do some Chinese good luck charms, we did some praying to many Buddhist gods, we threw 3 fishes in the water, we bought special Naxi bells that we wrote "We wish Holland will win in the world cup 2010" in both English and Chinese.Well we had to get up earlier to meet with our tour guide and his name was Anthony he was wearing an Argentina hat which wasn't a good impression but the good thing was that he knew good English and knew allot about all the small cities around Lijiang. ... We went back to the old town and walked by the bar street stopped by a small and quiet place then Anthony showed us around the old town and showed us some nice places to eat and took us up to the top of the town that gave us a nice view of all of Lijiang. ... Then it was time to prepare for the World Cup matches by do some Chinese good luck charms, we did some praying to many Buddhist gods, we threw 3 fishes in the water, we bought special Naxi bells that we wrote "We wish Holland will win in the world cup 2010" in both English and Chinese....

Jul 1, 2010 - Lijiang Yannan Old Town

Today was the day to head to the old town of Lijiang which was walking distance to the hotel. ... Tomorrow was a very big day it was the quarterfinals of the wk and it was our first day with a tour guide and we are planning to go to small towns nearby Lijiang and meeting many different Chinese minorities. ...

Jun 30, 2010 - Lijiang

We finally made it to Lijiang in Yunnan after a mammoth train journey starting at 6 in the evening from Chengdu with a twelve hour overnight hard seat train to Pan Zhi Hua. ... After this we got straight on a bus to Lijiang which took another ten hours. ... Lijiang is a beautiful place and the culture here and buildings and scenery are quite different from the rest of China. ... The Naxi tribe who live in Lijiang are much more relaxed ...

Jun 4, 2010 - Underneath the tiger leap

A combination of dynamite induced landslides, pouring rain, lazy ferry people, luck, and seven friends made tiger leap the most eventful leg of my trip thus far. Our way out was to go to a remote village to catch the 1:30pm bus back to Lijiang. ... The road to the village was blocked by landslide, so we switched vans.A combination of dynamite induced landslides, pouring rain, lazy ferry people, luck, and seven friends made tiger leap the most eventful leg of my trip thus far. Our way out was to go to a remote village to catch the 1:30pm bus back to Lijiang. ... The road to the village was blocked by landslide, so we switched vans....

May 9, 2010 - Traditional Housing in Lijiang

I stay at “Mama Naxi’s” guesthouse here in Lijiang. ... When I arrived yesterday, I had problems finding the place since it is situated in the “Old Town” of Lijiang. ... The “Old Town” is basically an area of Lijiang where the antique buildings are kept in good condition in the interest of fostering tourism (and you can tell that it works out, since 12% of the annual tourist traffic of Yunnan happens in the “Old Town” of Lijiang). ... She guided us to Lijiang’s biggest market, where we tried some local food and to another old town that all in all was pretty similar to the “Old Town” as described above. ...

Nov 2, 2009 - Disney world at Lijiang

Dear all Well after a long day flying, first to kunming and then to Lijiang we are here in northern Yunnan province. ... The naxi are the minority group around this area though there are lots of Han Chinese too.Dear all Well after a long day flying, first to kunming and then to Lijiang we are here in northern Yunnan province. ... The naxi are the minority group around this area though there are lots of Han Chinese too....

Oct 12, 2009 - Lijiang

MS and I were joining another tour starting in Kunming – the main purpose of this tour was to hike Tiger Leaping Gorge. First stop on the tour was Lijiang which was a nine hour bus ride from Kunming. ... We arrived in Lijiang in time for a quick walk around the Old Town which was where our guest house was located. ... It is a beautiful area which had the snow-capped Jade Dragon Mountain as the perfect backdrop.MS and I were joining another tour starting in Kunming – the main purpose of this tour was to hike Tiger Leaping Gorge. First stop on the tour was Lijiang which was a nine hour bus ride from Kunming. ... We arrived in Lijiang in time for a quick walk around the Old Town which was where our guest house was located. ... It is a beautiful area which had the snow-capped Jade Dragon Mountain as the perfect backdrop....

Jul 7, 2009 - Lijiang - Not as expected

Only three hours north sits Lijiang. ... Lijiang is the jumping off point for many famous hikes, most notably the Tiger Leaping Gorge, where a tiger supposedly escaped a hunter by making a desperate leap to a stone in the middle of the river, then across. ... Any image search of Lijiang will also produce the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which sits mostly above 4000 meters. ... Unfortunately, Lijiang turned out to be the description of Dali. ... I happily booked two bus tickets with them for the next mountain out of Lijiang, and on to Lugu Lake. ...

Jul 3, 2009 - Shangri-la

Whats up you'll Here are some pictures from the yunnan province. I went to some glaciers outside lijiang and it was hilarious the chinese treated it like everest, they rented these big jackets and all bought bottled oxygen, they are pretty goofy. ... Right now I'm in Shangri-la and it is the start of the tibetian culture in western china, I've been drinking yak butter tea and yogurht all week.Whats up you'll Here are some pictures from the yunnan province. I went to some glaciers outside lijiang and it was hilarious the chinese treated it like everest, they rented these big jackets and all bought bottled oxygen, they are pretty goofy. ... Right now I'm in Shangri-la and it is the start of the tibetian culture in western china, I've been drinking yak butter tea and yogurht all week....

May 3, 2009 - back in Lijiang.....

03/05/09 - 05/05/09 Bus ride back to Lijiang was painless. ... we asked a few of the Chinese back in Lijiang why he would have done that but no one knew. ... ?????? The rest of our time in Lijiang was catch up time. ... Our visits to Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping were wonderful. ...

Apr 27, 2009 - Tiger Leaping Gorge

27/04/09 The bus trip from Lijiang took about 2 hours. ... Jack and Jay (from our GH in Lijiang) were with us. ... At this point, we really could have taken the late bus and gone back to Lijiang but we hadn't made reservations and we decided to stay at Tina's GH. ... We made reservations on the 11am (instead of the 4pm) bus and headed back to Lijiang. ...