Yunnan Province :: Kunming and Tiger Leaping Gorge


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February 20th 2010
Published: March 24th 2010
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Time and travels in Yunnan Province The good ol’ US of A, as we all know, makes regular use of time zones. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, with their own special place in time, Within the ‘lower 48,’ people operate on four major time zones and all around the world a similar effort has been made to respect the traditional notion usually, but not always, the middle-of-the-sky-ish location of th... Read Full Entry



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A sight few have seenA sight few have seen
A sight few have seen

The Donna taking a nap.
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Toilet view

Best view from a toilet in all of China!
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Landslide

At the end of the hike through the mountains, we bargained for a minivan to take us to the ferry. About a kilometer into the ride, the vehicle was halted by a large rock slide. We climbed over the rocks, and found another minivan on the otherside, also stopped by the rock slide willing to carry us for the completion of our journey.
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The landslide that we climbed across from a distance.
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Leaving Tiger Leaping Gorge

Is it clear to you where we should go to catch the ferry? It wasn't clear to us either.
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On the path?

Donna makes her way down the well used path to the established ferry. Most of the way we thought that we were lost since the path was so hard to find.
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Leaving Tiger Leaping Gorge

Driving back from Tiger Leaping Gorge, we got a glimpse back at the mountains we'd hiked through. The tallest of the peaks is 5596 meters, which is 18,360 feet.
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Leaving Tiger Leaping Gorge

Yaks are an important part of life for those who live at high elevations, as cattle cannot survive in the cold mountains. In Lijiang, yaks have become part of the tourism, and you can buy yak jerky and yak yogurt. Try the yogurt, pass on the jerky. The Chinese call yaks "máoniú", which has the literal translation of "hair cow".
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Lijiang

While strolling the streets of Lijiang, we were able to view Jade Dragon Mountain above the rooftops.
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Lijiang

From Black Dragon Pool we had the famous view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
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Lijiang

Black Dragon Pool in Lijiang had a beautiful temple with a very engaging monk. The monk blessed our travels, gave us wood-beaded bracelets and then asked us for a generous donation.
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Lijiang

Larry leads the way to a pre-dinner beer
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Lijiang

Donna and Larry, happy and hungry, after hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge for 2 days. We were all happy to sit down and eat a good meal with another beautiful view.
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Photo 36

View of Lijiang from our restaurant
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Happy family

We certaily didn't tire of that view
Enjoying a Naxi (pronounced Nashi) mealEnjoying a Naxi (pronounced Nashi) meal
Enjoying a Naxi (pronounced Nashi) meal

The Naxi are a matriarchal ethnic minority that live in the Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge areas



25th March 2010

Great memories!
Your blog brings back such wonderful memories of a trip of a lifetime! Thank you so much for all the planning and arrangements you made. It made for a carefree trip. The best part was just getting to see you and visit with you. We are so glad that we were able to do this trip! Donna
6th April 2010

Great Pictures!!
WOW!!! Great pictures guys! The yaks were my favorite : ) -Sarah

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