Well, Lijiang has been a bit of a whirlwind. For the first few days all I could manage was a bit of souvenir shopping and lots of rest (much too sick for anything else).
Vinny and I took a risk last night and booked tickets to visit Tiger Leaping Gorge today. It is about a three hour bus ride so if our stomach problems persisted we would be in for a rough day. Fortunately, we managed to kick our sicknesses and ended up having a great time.
Last time I went to the gorge (three years ago) our group travelled on the well groomed, and completely flat, south side of the river. Today our cheaper tickets meant we were off to the north side. About three kms downstream, and devoid of any high priced tourist centers, the second rapid of the gorge is accessible only by a series of shoddily maintained switchbacks. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise though. Sun and a bit of strenuous activity were just what we needed.
Most of the Chinese were awfully slow moving. At the river bank you can climb onto a large boulder in the center of the river. I think I got some good shots with my camera. Tomorrow we will head off to Jinhong in Southern Yunnan.
Then we're going into Laos.
C. Johnson
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