Tiger Leaping Gorge
November 2nd 2005 31.10.05 - Qiaotao
From Lijiang we travelled north about 80km to Qiaotao, the gateway to the world's deepest gorge - otherwise known as Tiger leaping Gorge after an old fable of the tiger escaping hunters by jumping from one side to another! It is approx 13,000 feet deep and China's longest river, the Yangtze, flows through the centre.
There are 2 roads along the gorge, the low road de
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