Lijiang archive: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, ancient towns, and Yunnan travel stories. Speed trains, flower markets, and romantic getaways.
As of May 2025, I’ve been to 33 world heritage sites. However, I lost my Ha Long Bay photos that I took on 2007-10-22, because of the shutdown of WebShots :(. Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago (672, natural, 1994), Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, Vietnam Hoi An Ancient Town (948, cultural,1999), Quang Nam, Vietnam Angkor … Read more
This morning, I took a short troll to the Kunming’s Dounan Flower Market before going to the Kunming Changshui International Airport to take the flight back home. When I got back home, I lost about 1 kg. I thought the food was quite okay, but maybe I didn’t eat enough. In general, cities and towns … Read more
This was the first time I sat on a speed train in China. It wasn’t as speedy as I thought. The fastest speed I saw on the train was 198 km/h while I heard that it could be 250 km/h. Around noon, I reached Kunming South Station. Then I went to the Kunming West Hill … Read more
This morning, I went to visit the Potatso National Park in Shangri-La. The transfer bus to the inside of the park was the longest I’ve ever sit. The surrounding somehow reminded me of the Flower Lake (Hua Hu) in Ruoergai (Zoigê) which I visited in 2019. The elevation of this place was also the same, … Read more
This morning, I went to explore the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Mountain) which was about 15km from the city of Lijiang. As I already guessed, it was quite hot there even though there was windy sometimes. The mountain doesn’t seem to have much snow left, or to be exact, there was stone with very … Read more
In the morning, I went back to see a lazier ancient wall in the morning with few people and store openings. I even saw a group of old women at the Dali cinema square practicing their umbrella dance. Then the bus took 3 hours to reach Lijiang around lunch. It was so hot (32 degrees … Read more
💔🏔️💑 If you break up, go to Tibet, you can heal; if you are single, go to Lijiang, you can have a romance; if you like me, come and work with me. // 如果你分手了就去西藏, 可以疗伤; 如果你单身就去丽江, 可以艳遇; 如果你喜欢我, 就来跟我一起打工。 Rúguǒ nǐ fēnshǒule jiù qù Xīzàng, kěyǐ liáoshāng; rúguǒ nǐ dānshēn jiù qù Lìjiāng, kěyǐ yànyù; … Read more