The Mountain Goat

Trekking The Tiger Leaping Gorge

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June 25th 2010
To anyone who is a bit jealous of the amount of sun that Lewi and I have been enjoying on our trip so far you might be secretly pleased to know that it was cold and raining on the morning we woke to start this trek. So we left Lijiang and 'Mamas' a little later than planned, received a ticking off for sleeping in, but also a good luck necklace, a kiss on both cheeks and some good old fashioned ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Tiger Leaping Gorge

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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