Lijiang - Please Sir, can we stay one more night?: Photos 21 to 30

From Hostel to Hotel

The temperature in Yunnan province was quite pleasant 15-20 degrees during the day and down to 5 degrees at night. Seldom wasteful, Chinese people don't bother to heat their homes during this time of the year. We spent a number of nights in hostels, but now we were longing to be warm and enjoy a hot shower. So we agreed to book into a 4 star hotel in Lijiang for just one night , to get cleaned up. The rate was still ridiculously cheap by North American standards and only twice that of the hostels. So we booked ourselves in to the Zen Garden Hotel.

The first trick was finding the place. The taxi could only take us to one of the entry points into the old city, at which point you have to walk. Narrow laneways twist and turn, there is no perpendicular layout to the town. We would stop and ask directions, but there are so many hotels in the town that most people couldn't help us. Finally, we found it and instantly fell in love. An old wooden courtyard complex with a little garden and pond. The reception area furnished

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