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October 30th 2006

Published: November 3rd 2006

It was with great anticipation that we awoke on the Monday morning - holding Tiger Leaping Gorge as one of the potential highlights of our trip to date. We made our way through the maze of Lijiang Old Town for the last time, now devoid of crowds, before hopping on a bus to Quitoa - the start of the gorge. Popping our heads in at Margo's - an eccentric but lovely Aussie lady who stored our big ba... Read Full Entry

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Tiger Leaping Gorge

Nunny does a water re-sup at the local waterfall.

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Ricko does his best superman impression at the top of the second climb

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Ricko makes friends with the Mountain goats

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Nunny, Goat girl, goats and goat mountain - you just goata go...

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The end is nigh...

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A little bit of R and R after a long trek... "what's that smell? Oh its Pete's feet".

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The rice terraces of Walnut Grove and beyond

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A well deserved lounge at the Tibetan GH

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The crew get rowdy on the verandah

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The mother and son team that run the Tibetan GH (he does all the work ;)

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The infamous thongs that climbed the gorge - with socks of course (as is the English way)

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One of the many landslides seen from the minivan on the way back to Quitoa

3rd November 2006

The Real Skipper
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Bleeding heart....
Lady Michelle, 1st mate, My Swiss heart is bleeding! The mountains are calling me.... What a wonderful trip this must have been. This is what I live and die for! I've only been in Guilin and Yangzhou in China but this really inspires me. And now Tibet? Keep going strong! Wish I could be there with you and hi to all the ladyboys for me.

3rd November 2006

The Real Skipper
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In case you need it....
Oh, and hi to Monty from me. Let him know that "chua si zing kua" in Chinese means "i need to vomit". He might need that one day.... :-)

5th November 2006

t-t-thomas
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how u doing-- fine of course
chees mates, got these days one more time on your blog, and hey...well done. By the way I realy want to say thanxx for your little present before i left u in saigon so interruptet. it got me a wonderfull sleep in the train...;-)) so hope u guys already tried dog:-))) (back to the good old topic- food) mine was not that good than expectet, but well maybe it was an old one and I think he wasn't black;) enjoy thomas

5th November 2006

Barney
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amazing
what a great trip!!!!

7th November 2006

Uncle Chop Chop
Monty King

I need to vomit
Thanks Skip!!! That will come in handy next time I´m at The Junction Chinese Takeaway!!!

9th November 2006

anonymous
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jealous!!
Hi Guys glad to see you are still going strong! Loving the blogs and im jelous as hell as im back in freezing Glasgow! The Vietnam blogs soundede oh so familiar ha ha! Next trip china me thinks....

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