Real Bacon in China
Day 109 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 11 in China
Big wall of instant noodles for sale at a supermarket in Xingyi
Had a lazy day today in Xingyi, Guizhou Province but we had a good dinner.
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Xingyi and Maling River Gorge
Day 108 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 10 in China
Huang Long (Yellow Dragon) waterfall at Maling river gorge
Xingyi (興義). It's a tier 4 city. I had asked a couple of Chinese people I knew back home about it and neither had heard of it. There was barely any information about the city online. Hop on to Wikipedia and there's about 4 lines of text about it. Guizhou province on the whole was completely unknown to us during our pre-holiday research and we had both thought we would simply breeze past it to get to Zhangjiajie. I was told that Guizhou was the home of Maotai, which seemed to be the only remarkable thing to note about the province, which was one of the poorest in the country. And now I know it's also the birthplace of Lao Gan Ma, the famous chilli oil.
We're not escaping Kunming THAT easily!
Day 107 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 9 in China
Keichousaurus fossil
So we were finally going to leave Kunming today. We've been here long enough! Except…
Another Leisurely Day in Kunming
Day 106 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 8 in China
Lions at Yuantong temple
Another leisurely day in Kunming where we visited ONE site and ate food :\
A Green Kunming
Day 105 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 7 in China
Bridge in Green lake park (Cui Hu Park)
It was a leisurely day today. Didn't do a whole lot except walk around Green lake, ate Dairy Queen and had a surprisingly beefy noodle soup.
The City of Eternal Spring
Day 104 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 6 in China
Jade Chicken Arch
Kunming (昆明) is the capital of Yunnan province and naturally we had to head that way to get out of the province. We decided not to stop in the popular Dali (大理) because it didn't interest us that much. It didn't seem like there was much to see apart from the famous Three Pagodas.
Leaving Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 103 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 5 in China
Yulong Mountain as seen from Tibet Guesthouse, Lower Tiger Leaping Gorge
Whoo hoo! A could tick off Tiger Leaping Gorge off his bucket list! Our plan for TLG had gone without a hitch and most importantly, there was no rain. Now, having bought our bus ticket back to Lijiang from Tibet guesthouse the night before, it was time to say good bye to this great wonder.
Tiger Leaping Gorge: Day 2
Day 102 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 4 in China
Stone marker for Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La, Yunnan
Day 2 on the Tiger Leaping Gorge trail and our bodies were still kinda tired from the previous day.
Tiger Leaping Gorge: Day 1
Day 101 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 3 in China
The peaks of Yulong Mountain (5596m elevation), seen from Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge
Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峽, hutiaoxia) was something that was on the top of A‘s list for this trip. This was his number one.
Tiger Leaping Gorge is an impressive gorge in between two huge mountain ranges - Haba Snow Mountain (5396m elevation) and Yulong Snow Mountain (5596m elevation). These two mountains are some of the tallest mountains in Yunnan province. The river that runs in the gorge is the Jinsha river (Gold Sand river).
Elephants and Dragons
Day 100 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 2 in China
Yulong Mountain on a bad day. Overcast and lots of clouds hovering around the peak
We were supposed to stay in Lijiang for one night and move on to Tiger Leaping Gorge. We stayed another night as the power of the sun was not enough to dry our clothes, which meant that it would need another day! It's a bit of a silly reason but I didn't mind so much, as this meant we could climb Elephant Hill, which was right beside Black Dragon Lake and had an elevation of 2700m. Lijiang itself has an elevation of 2400m.
