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 […]
A DAY IN XIZHOU VILLAGE Continuing our explorations of the Dali region, we went on a day trip to Xizhou village today to experience a slice of rural life in provincial China. Not yet discovered by mass tourism, Xizhou is is just a small village about 20km north […]
Wandering Soles 