VISITING BUDDHA ON HIS BIRTHDAY We have a penchant for big things in Aus – the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple, the Big Apple, the Big Merino (sheep), and even the Big Prawn. Leshan’s Giant Buddha is far more impressive than any of our BIG things however; this […]
FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE GIANT PANDAS OF CHENGDU Leaving the mountains and epic scenery of Yunnan behind, we flew north to Chengdu this morning. This city is the capital of Sichuan province, the economic hub of central China, and home to 14 million humans and 130 giant […]
TIGER LEAPING GORGE Tiger Leaping Gorge is definitely one of the highlights of our trip so far! We drove 2 hours to get there, through tiny villages along bumpy roads, and then got to hike along the gorge for a few hours before heading home again. The looming […]
TASTY YAKS & MOUNTAIN SHACKS We got to see Yulong Shai (i.e. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) up close today and it was awesome! With clouds hovering over the tallest peaks, we never quite got to see the entire expanse of 13 peaks exposed at once; it was still […]
DALI TO LIJIANG: MOVING UP IN THE WORLD Leaving delightful Dali behind today we made our way north to Lijiang, a relatively small city (population just 1.2 million) in the far north of Yunnan province. Close to Tibet, Lijiang is up in the mountains (elevation about 2,400m) and […]
Wandering Soles 