Halfway between Shangri-La and Lijiang lies Tiger Leaping Gorge - it's 16km long and from the river that runs through it to the mountain peaks high above it's around 3900 metres plus it is meant to be …
2 Grim subjects….
Stop reading if you don't like toilet and spitting talk! Toilets! I know it's not the nicest subject to talk about but it's one that I feel needs addressing, plus I'm sitting on a train bored and …
Shangri-La
The bus to Shangri-La has an exotic sound to it full of eastern promise....it conjures up images of tranquilty and calm, mountains and lakes, being feed grapes whilst being fanned from the heat, cold …
Tea!!
Perhaps I'm missing the point here, which is highly likely but as the end of the saying goes "Not for all the tea in China". This would lead you to believe, well it did me, that China has it's fair …
Back to Chengdu!
Arrived back in Chengdu after another slow but interesting bus journey to be greeted by some bad news - Chas'n'Dave have split up! The Chinese were devastated, they love a bit of a cockney knees up!! …
Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong national park
Wow - what a mad and stunning place! Made the bus journey and numb bum worth every minute. Hidden in the mountains and around 400km (yep only 400km and it took 14 hours!) north of Chengdu are 2 of …