Instead of doing the sensible thing and catching the bus from Lijiang down to Kunming the day before we were due to fly out we thought it would be a good idea to leave it til the day we actually were …
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
I don't think it's named in honour of the ex-gob-shite chav princess from Essex but just outside of Lijiang is Jade Dragon mountain range and it is here, just as we were due to leave China, that we …
Lijiang
Lijiang old town is beautiful! It is full of charm, character, old buildings, cobbled streets, canals, bridges, old and new parts of life (hand-making silk scarves to wifi cafes!)....it is the perfect …
Tiger Leaping Gorge
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 …
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 …
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!! …