Planned Tiger Leaping Gorge trek, spent day organizing at cafe

Hard sleeper from Kunming to Lijiang. Arrived 7am. Fantastic view of mountain. Met Pascal from Switzerland, bus to Old town, N's Kitchen for breakfast, walked old town.

Bought night train ticket to Lijiang. Bus 60 to East bus station (took an hour to get there but only cost Y1). 2hr bus to Stone Forrest tourist reception centre. Park ticket office 5mins walk to north (no signage/way finding). Y175 entrance fee ($25 - ridiculous but ok...) Ticket office not next to entrance, additional Y25 buggy ride or 20min unsigned/unmentioned walk to entrance (Bulls*** money making - no one walks and they make $100 per buggy) Screw that im wa...

Arrived 3pm. Bus 107 to Hump Hostel (name come from WW2 when Kunming was a terminal for air supply lines over the ? AKA The Hump). Walked around the city. Planned route to Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Woke early, heavy mist. Caught 2hr bus back to Teddy Bear Hostel. Coach to Leshan. Bus to Dafo (Worlds largest Buddha). Epic line to river and base of Buddha, worth it. Bus & coach back to Emei train station to catch 10pm sleeper to Kunming.