"Boy Lama" with Norma

Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge -China II

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July 22nd 2007
One of our big aims on this trip was to see Tiger Leaping Gorge in the headwaters of the Yangtze River. In Lijiang we were close and so we rented a car and driver for the day and left at 9 a.m. A rental like this is not as expensive as you might expect - it cost us 260 yuan which is about $37 Can.for the whole day. The driver could not speak a word of English but knew what we wanted to see and w ... read more

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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. A... ... read more