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Er-Hai Lake and Shaxi to Er-Yuan
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 23 December 2009
Or: Dali- Shuang-Lang - Sha-Ping - Shaxi - Er-Yuan - Dali Getting utterly bored of Dali’s old city, after spending 6 nights there as Dor was sick, we decided to make a change. Dali itself, the old city that is, is a big, extremely touristic (though Chinese more than foreign tourists), walled shopping area. but, on [...]
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Mekong to Nujiang. Almost…
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 8 December 2009
Yeah, I know this is December, and you’re not supposed to try crossing high mountain passes. but, it’s fun. We took yet another bus to Deqin, arriving there for the 3rd time, and from there, the following morning a bus to Ce-Chong (8:00AM, 28RMB, 3.5 hou rs). the bus takes you along the Mekong river, which makes beautiful curves [...]
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Deqin to Yubeng- a Wonderful Circuate
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 29 November 2009
Or: Deqin-Xidang-Yubeng-Xidang-Deqin Hoping for better weather than in Zongdian (Shangri-La), although against most odds, we took a 9:20AM bus to Deqin (bus station, 46RMB, 6-8hours). the ride is long, but relatively not very bumpy, as it has an actuall road. the road climbs through a series of beautiful, and freezing, mountain passes. Deqin itself is an ugly [...]
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Yunnan folk
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 25 June 2009
Lijiang rooftops at dusk Our last week or so has been spent in China’s Yunnan province, a place consisting of mountains, villages and numerous Chinese ethnic minority groups. We made Lijiang, with its cobbled streets, fresh water streams, red lanterns and hordes of local tourists our base for exploring the more remote parts of [...]
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Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 18 June 2009
Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China – Images by Jamie McDonald Chengdu Airport, Sichuan Province. Departing rather than arriving, which means I’ve had about a week off from the blog, which in turn means I’ve got rather a bit to catch up on! We left Shangri-La under the guidance of one of Daisy’s (from Sean’s Cafe) friends who [...]
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Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 9 June 2009
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China – Images by Jamie McDonald I write this on the eve of our departure from Shangri-La. I’ve more or less recovered from the cold that had me holed up between Sean’s Cafe and my room. Today was spent at Ganden Sumtseling Gompa, a 300 year old Tibetan Monastery on the outskirts of Shangri-La. Walking [...]
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Lijiang to Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 8 June 2009
To arrive in Shangri-La we very willingly left Lijiang at 1pm on a bus from the central bus station in the city. Despite the cost being 37 Yuan our smiling western faces could do nothing to obtain the 3 Yuan change from the 40 that we handed over. Alas, 4.5 hours in a bus for [...]
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Dali, Paddies, and Dumplings.
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 2 June 2009
Dali, Yunnan – Images by Jamie McDonald There are always the tourists who insist that they’re travellers because they go harder, go further, and poo-poo anyone who has a day off the trails. Then there will be the armchair-traveller who cannot fathom not checking out sites or new food stalls etc on a day because each [...]
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Yangshuo to Dali, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 30 May 2009
Five days without an update, and that must surely have more to do with the dreadful internet speed over here in China than it does to do with my work ethic! I’m sitting in a bar in Dali, Yunnan. A peek over my right shoulder and I can see that for the first time in the [...]
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