Geo: 26.9025, 99.9316Don't listen to what people say…or at least not always! People lie, hehe!!! We were told several times that Lijiang is too touristic and that we would found Shuhe, the second old town centre, more authentic. Well, this was probably true a few years back in time but now Shuhe has been completely taken over by tourists, guesthouses, restaurants and souvenir shops. And its small size make it very difficult to escape from touristland… The two cities (Lijiang and Shuhe) are connected by new built pavilions, all of them being the same, awful. I (Beryl) went to Lijiang while Elfi had to remain in bed (small stomach problems). Lijiang is indeed very touristy but in the morning there isn't so many people and it's much bigger than Shuhe thus it is very easy to
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