Lijiang Travel Blogs

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia)   For our last day in the Lijiang region, we decided to head 15 kilometres north to the small town of Baisha, which is famous for 2 reasons. The first is that it used to be the capital of the Naxi kingdom and the se…

After arriving in Lijiang yesterday and having made my way through the dizzying labyrinth of the ‘Old Town’ (only asking for directions 3,072 times) I was fortunate to meet a whole bunch of familiar faces at my chosen guest house. Some expected ( Vanesha, Emmy & Nick from Dali) and some not…

Yunnan Province, China. June 2007

Hello again after a simple dinner at the "best" inn in town: stirfried pork, green vegetable, potato julienne, a soup with white radish and o'course, rice.  I only ate a small bit of the latter three since the first two are laced with red chili peppers and I'm recovering from a bout of food po…

I was up very early to get to the airport for my 8am flight to Lijiang... It seemed odd heading to the airport as I’d not actually been there before having arrived in China by train. I was really excited about the trip as Smurf was flying over to spend the week with me.  He actually arrive…

After having read Chatwin's book "The songlines", so many people perhaps have dreamt of the old Naxi culture and the fascinating story of Joseph Rock. I am sorry to say that the old Lijiang doesn't exist anymore. I have been there twice recently for the snow mountain music festival when some friend…

After a bit of a mission, we found our way to the Tiger Leaping Gorge where we would be spending the next 2 days trekking. We ditched the bus idea and got a cab between the 4 of us, which was cheaper than the bus! We arrived in the town of Qiatou where the trek starts and grabbed some lun…

This was my third time to Lijiang. However, this was the very first time that I was amazed by the beautiful scenery and culture of this old fabulous town of China. We stayed here for four days, which made me feel that I'd been in love with Lijiang for a lifetime.

I really like Zhongdian and though there is not much you can see from the town it feels like it is a gateway to another world.  I had not really expected to get this far north in Yunnan, but to really experience the area we need to travel still further north towards Tibet and we…

A journey to the top of the world, then to the colourful Yunnan province of China and around Chiang Mai in Thailand.

Got the bus back to Lijiang, and managed to get a single seat next to the window this time. The views are just spectacular. Rural China is so beautiful. I'd never expected it to be so green.The fields and rice terraces are beautiful, and the mountains stunning. My guidebook says that the trip from …

It´s my country and has so many beautiful places to visit...

Just another six hours ride from Lugu lake back to Lijiang. It was 4pm when we were back. Didn't do much as we are so tired and we have to pack all our stuff (and most important: souvenir) into the backpack and prepared to leave Yunnan tomorrow. If you have chance to go to Lijiang, remember to b…

A three week trip through China, across the Himalayas to Lhasa by rail, Khatmandu and Bhutan

An impression of 4 weeks in China!