<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 14 August: Lijiang Another late morning, we awoke after 10h00, the other two still sound asleep. We went down to the only computer available to look at the weather and enjoy our complementary green tea. It was still raining and didn't look good for the walk at Tiger Leaping gorge, seeing as with rains came landslides and TLG was known for its dangerous landslides causing more than a fe...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 13 August: Lijiang We got up just after 09h00, walked to the south gate to get breakfast, noodle soup, before returning to pack and head for the West gate where buses departed for Lijiang. Along the way we passed Sisters Cafe where we stopped to ask for directions. They said there was no bus leaving in the morning and that the only bus would be at 15h00. We weren't sure this was the ca...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 12 August: Dali Today wasn't the most active of days, we rose just after 08h30, heading to the lady selling spicy noodles at the South gate. Unfortunately she wasn't there this morning so we walked down further to a restaurant selling steamed wontons, very nice. Afterwards we shared a noodle soup, a lot better than others due to less pork fat and a lot of garlic on the table :-). ...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 11 August: Dali It had been raining the whole of last night and continued when we woke up. We wanted to take a bus to the next town and then a ferry to Dali old town, but first we wanted breakfast. We headed back to the restaurant we had eaten the previous evening for more of the same. Afterwards we got our bags and tried to find out when the bus would come. Unfortunately there was no ...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 10 August: Wase Village Today was a super day, extremely exhausting, yet indescribable at the same time. Key words to describe it includes gravel roads and mountain passes! The morning started by rising early and heading to the morning market, this time the correct one. The market was filled with colourful fruits and vegetables, huge melons, purple aubergine, red chillies! We sat down ...