Limestone Rocks

Day 110 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 12 in China

By Ippy

10 minute read

Mountains in Wanfenglin

Mountains in Wanfenglin

Finally, we were off to see the two natural beauties that drove us to stop at Xingyi in the first place - Wanfenglin and Nading stone forest.

Real Bacon in China

Day 109 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 11 in China

By Ippy

2 minute read

Big wall of instant noodles for sale at a supermarket in Xingyi

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.

Xingyi and Maling River Gorge

Day 108 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 10 in China

By Ippy

6 minute read

Huang Long (Yellow Dragon) waterfall at Maling river gorge

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.

A Green Kunming

Day 105 of Asia 2019 trip / Day 7 in China

By Ippy

4 minute read

Bridge in Green lake park (Cui Hu Park)

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

By Ippy

10 minute read

Jade Chicken Arch

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

By Ippy and A. Bush

6 minute read

Yulong Mountain as seen from Tibet Guesthouse, Lower Tiger Leaping Gorge

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

By A. Bush

10 minute read

Stone marker for Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La, Yunnan

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.