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Rice terraces in the mist
Blog: Four Seas As Home - 11 March 2010
Yunnan is the province that is ”South of the Clouds”, and today we’ve been in the clouds, literally (actually, two days ago — I’m posting this from Kunming, en route to Dali). Yuanyang is famous for its beautiful rice terraces that have been carved into the hills and mountains in this region of southern Yunnan. [...]
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Being Artsy in Kunming
Blog: Four Seas As Home - 10 March 2010
[We haven’t had internet for a few days, so I’m publishing this a few days late – a lot of these travel posts will probably come with a few days delay, just as an FYI to anyone who we might be able to meet up with along the way] We’re now in Kunming, the first stop [...]
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The sheer unbridled joy of aimless travel
Blog: Drifting Aimless - 8 March 2010
10th Oct I start the day in a very good mood, back on the road and on to adventures anew. Today I decide to take a bus to the western Yunnan city of Lijiang just for the hell of it. I dont know much about it other than its enroute to the famous and feared [...]
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Top 5 Destinations
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 6 January 2010
2009 has gone and with it goes my greatest year of travel; so many people have asked for highlights, so here is my top 5 in no particular order! I had the enviable task of spending six months of 2009 on the road – taking in 14 countries – and I’m going to try and narrow it down to the top five spots that I visited. Plenty of people that I’ve spoken with think that such lists are daft, that there is little point in designating an obscure spot that is ...
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 the [...]
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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 had a hostel in Haba village, under the snow capped Haba Snow Mountain. Our journey was quoted to be three hours, but after stopping for every person with a thumb out on the way (and ...
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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 around the monastery is a great way to spend a few hours, and though I loved it I couldn’t help but be slightly cynical at the government’s ‘improvements.’ The old LP is printed in 2007 ...
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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 AUD$7.30 was nothing to complain about considering the 20 minute tram from Glenelg to Adelaide is $4.50. Nervously handing our packs to the driver to strap them onto the roof I then quickly rushed (Chinese Style) ...
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Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 5 June 2009
Dali was a great town. Given that the author of the old Lonely Planet that we refer to suggests that Lijiang is the must see tourist mecca, and is a better experience than Dali we were obviously keen to make it up to the road to see our new home for the next few days. Lijiang isn’t much chop. The beauty of this old town with its canals, stone bridges and cobble stones is apparent immediately, and the small shops selling ponchos, scarves, stone combs, and bars on the river give ...
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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 hour away is precious. I’m letting both down today. Into my third week away and I awoke to a pretty drizzly dark old morning in Dali, Yunnan, so the decision to walk to our favourite cafe ...
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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 two days that we’ve been here the rain has stopped. At approximately 3000m above sea level it should have come as no shock that it is wet and cold, but in a country known for ...
