TLG: Which Trails?
by Bonobo2005
From Qiaotou you basically have the choice of hiking a trail high up in the mountain, or walking along the main road.
As you can imagine, the "high" route is much favoured, although you see also people walking on the main road, which give more close-up views down on the water but the disadvantage is the traffic. Starting from Qiaotou at 10.30am along the high route, your normal prospect would be to reach Half Way Inn in around 6 hours, excluding lunchtime.
If you just have 1 day for the Gorge, you can hire a taxi from Qiaotou (ca. max. RMB 50) that brings you to any desired point along the 22+km. road, or from the road back to Qiaotuo. Most such tourists opt to be dropped at the Middle Gorge (near Tina's GH), then descend to the river and go slowly up along a quite stunning trail that leads to the village called Walnut Grove from where you can arrange your taxi back. You can do this as rushy daytrip from Lijiang but you may always regret not to have spent more time here...!!!
Kunming to Lijiang Luxury Bus
by srd130
YNTAC operates a luxury bush between Lijiang and Kunming. The bus is a Volvo, has air-conditioning and a television with VCD/DVD. They play a few movies on the trip.
The bus is very clean, smoke-free, and you get a meal at a nice hotel in Dali on the way there. The price is 151 yuan, which I think is a good deal considering a regular bus costs about 90 yuan. I took both buses and think the YNTAC luxury bus was well worth the extra money.
There are 3 departures each day. The trip is 11 hours and the bus stops in Dali.
Visit the "real" old town of Lijiang
by GillianMcLaughlin
Lijiang deservedly receives a lot of tourists and caters for them very well. The old town is a sight to behold: ancient 2-storey white houses sit comfortably along glacier-fed canals, which are crossed by way of tiny stone bridges, giving the impression of a small-scale, oriental Venice. However the real people of Lijiang do not live in these pretty white houses, they live in the streets around.
Take a walk away from the main tourist drag, you won't be disappointed. Narrow streets, turning into steep staircases as you climb the hill, give you the smallest glimpse of real life in Lijiang. This photo was taken early in the morning. I had watched an old man come out of the house on the right with his two bird cages. The moment he hung the cages up, and removed their covers, the birdsong was wonderful.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain( Yu long xue shan)
by Angelife
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountains are the southermost mordern glaciers in the temperate zone of the northern hermisphere. There are all together 13 peaks lying in the cloubs like a silver dragon. The main peak 5,596m above sea level and it is still a virgin peak.
As i have never seen a snow mountain before, seeing Jade dragon snow mountain wow really makes me feel excited~But one thing to take note is that if there is pathway provided,we are not allow to step on the snow.
Lijiang Three Ponds
by John195123
The three ponds at the water source exist for a reason, and people today still follow and obey. The first pond, closest to the source is for drinking water, the second for food-washing water and the third for clothes-washing water. This order keeps the drinking water clean.
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