Kids playing in Lijiang Old Town
This picture was taken in the peak tourist hour. Even in Lijiang it is possible to take side streets and get away from the crowds and see the locals.
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more]
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more] Blog: Bloody Hell. This place is lovely
Date: July 25th 2006
Date: July 25th 2006
Monday July 24th
As I said on the last blog I woke up at 9AM and immediately made my way out to get to Lijiang. Before taking care of the bus I had breakfast at Cafe de Jack which I really recommend. Good food, decent price and nice staff. It seems I hadn't learned from my previous mistake and didn't buy a ticket in advance thinking that since there were 20+ buses to Lijiang hopping on o ... read moreComment on Kids playing in Lijiang Old Town
Follow my adventures as I travel through Asia, the sub-continent, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe for a year or so. I'll be travelling solo, independantly and on a tight budget so it should be interesting.
There's been a little change in my itinerary. I cannot get a Iran visa as a Canadian so I opted to fly to Athens from Mumbai. From there I'll go through the Balkans in about a month before heading south toward Cairo overland.
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