National Holiday Week 2010 - LiJiang

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October 11th 2010

Published: October 16th 2010

The holiday started early Sunday morning when the driver picked the three of us (a friend, Linda, Dianne and Peter) up at 5:30. Maybe we have to start travelling to some places closer to home so we don’t have these early mornings! Our first destination was LiJiang which is about as far as you can go in south west China without leaving the country. It is a World Heritage Site and came highly reco... Read Full Entry

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Dianne and Peter Wilson

WilsonsInChina

The WilsonsInChina blog charts the course of our three year adventure in China between 2008 and 2011. Dianne was a school administrator in Canada and heard about this opportunity just after retiring. Peter was an IT professional whose last contract ended just as Dianne decided that China sounded like an exciting adventure. He taught ESL one year but spent the rest of the time supporting Dianne as she shared her great knowledge and experience with the Chinese and Western teachers at the Maple Leaf International School in Dalian. China. While we are back in Canada now, our adventures are ToBeCon... full info

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Back street

Many quiet lanes branch off the main pedestrian streets. Even though many streets did allow cars, there wasn't much traffic.

Three well snyopses

Lots of interesting diversions along the walkways. Most have English signs. Some we can even understand.

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia's restaurant was a very pleasant spot for lunch along the main channel of the river winding through town.

Shuhe's river

The shot was taken a few feet from Mamma Mia's. The rivers are pretty controlled in this area.

Transportation

The horses are strictly for tourists and there are also horse drawn wagons you can use to get about the old town. But the truck is very definitely a business vehicle. There are many of these old style trucks putt-putting around carrying goods to the various businesses. The external belt drive engine is really something to see. And hear.

Local vendor

There are many fruit and vegetable vendors out and about. Linda bought a bag of walnuts from this happy lady. Lots of fun negotiating with these colorfully dressed locals.

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