I have a few days to catch up now! Sunday morning (11th) I woke up early, grabbed all my bags and checked out of the hostel at about 7:30am, leaving my heavy things behind for the next couple of days! I grabbed some steamed buns for breakfast (which were not so nice) then went to the tour office ready to walk! Outside I met Michael whilst I was waiting. He was also on our trip and was a Chinese pilot from Beijing who had very good English. Once the tour offi...

I decided last night to go back to Kunming after Tiger Leaping Gorge and try to stick to my original plan, we'll see how it goes so stay tuned! This morning I woke up and had some very good veg noodles for breakfast then went to visit Mu's Mansion. It was interesting to look around and there were some signs in English to help me out. Same as everything else in China, it was rebuilt 20 years ago but it was still pretty. I walked through the gardens then up the h...

Yesterday afternoon I went for another walk into town to the shop and stopped to sit in the sunshine whilst it was warm. I started talking to a Chinese guy. He was from Sichuan and had finished uni and worked in the city in adertising for a while then came to Lijiang to visit a friend in the countryside. He decided he didn't want to leave so he became a chef in a restaurant. He was good to talk to and told me a lot about the area. Once the sun went down it got c...