8/29 - 8/31 Many travelers, as well as the lonely planet, felt strongly that taking two full days to trek through the Tiger Leaping Gorge was well worth our time. A 2hr bus ride from Lijiang brought us to the start of the gorge, where we soon realized we brought entirely too much crap, despite our best efforts to pack light. Jaime and I have both been spoiled by having backpacks with wheels on them, and to be perfectly honest, we have yet to really carry our bags on our backs at all. We foolishly loaded up our day packs with several changes of clothes, our current books (Jaime's 800 page book soon found it's way into my bag), and even ipod speakers for the hike. The 16km trek proved to be a considerable challenge, especially
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