Tiger Leaping Gorge

The Obligatory TLG and the Lijiang Police

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October 24th 2007
One of Yunnan's most popular adventures is trekking the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan (云南). It's a two day trek through a very large, deep gorge. I've seen photos of the hike and wasn't thoroughly impressed, but it's more for the experience than the scenery. I was planning to skip the Gorge all together, but since I was already in Lijiang, I decided to just go. I told one of the girls at t ... 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